Mangahelpers Translationshttps://mangahelpers.com/translators/rss2017-01-11T05:05:26+00:00/favicon.icoMangaHelpers Adminsadmin@mangahelpers.comhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/43005[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 27 by Dowolf2017-01-11T05:05:26+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 27 (Final)
p1: ====================================== Six months later… [sfx]: Stare… Well? / Gotten used to the work yet?
Yeah. I always have been skilled at looking after people, after all. Story / Yamaguchi Mikoto Art / BAREISHO Midnight Cross Method Chapter 27: Epilogue
Wow~. [sfx]: Creak Okay.
p2: ====================================== I really owe you a lot, Mikuriya.
After it all ended, I quit school. / I had no relatives to rely on, but you introduced me to this job.
It’s nothing… / They’re always shorthanded here, since the pay’s cheap.
…Still, I couldn’t believe it. / All that money you were gathering…
Was for these kids.
p3: ====================================== You really are a kind and good person, Mikuriya. [sfx]: Pat Despite that mouth of yours.
Well sorry! / Look at you, acting cool and talking all sappy. When you’re just a… A dumb virgin! [sfx]: Jump
…I went through a lot of awful stuff when I was a kid, but the people working here saved me.
Fate bringing me here was my only salvation. / So… I wanted to take care of it all. To take care of this place, and to take care of all the kids who are just like me.
p4: ====================================== And you, too, of course, / Hiroki.
Argh! This is all your fault. Now I’m getting all sappy, too!
…Thank you.
p5: ====================================== By the way, / have you… Read it yet?
…
…You must mean my sister’s diary.
After the incident, when the police thoroughly investigated my place, they found my sister’s diary.
Written within was a stark and detailed account of everything that had happened to her until the day she died. / Powerful evidence, but the detectives warned me that I should ready myself before I opened its pages.
p6: ====================================== …I still haven’t read it.
Thought so. Your sister’s thoughts, on all that? / Who’d feel like they’d want to read that?
But… I did read one part. / When Mitsumune-san handed me the diary, She marked one spot with a label that said “At least read this.”
I did read that part. What’d it say?
p7: ====================================== October 16th / Another fight with Hiroki…
I was in the wrong, of course. I’m the one always sucking up to him and causing him problems. [sfx]: Scratch
I have to get a hold of myself, / because sooner or later, he’s going to run out of patience. …Yeah.
Tomorrow, I’ll try to head outside. But I’m still too scared to head out alone. / So I’ll apologize to Hiroki, and we’ll head out together.
p8: ====================================== Will he go along with me? He surely will.
After all, he’s the kindest guy in the world.
That’s right. I have to hurry up… and free my kind brother from this sorry excuse for a big sister.
So… I’m sorry, Hiroki. But you’ll have to deal with my selfishness a little while longer. [sfx]: Scratch
p9: ====================================== … Was that all?
It seems less like something special… / and more like that she wrote down how she usually felt.
She wrote that entry on the night of her murder.
In other words, this was the last thing she wrote before she died. …
Mitsumune said, / “I don’t know how her final entry will look to your eyes, “but I do think you should read it.”
p10: ====================================== “After all, they’re your sister’s last words.”
[sfx]: Crunch
p11: ====================================== [sfx]: Place Yeah… / They were.
[sfx]: Hug
MIkuriya… …Hm?
p12: ====================================== The kids are staring at us.
[sfx]: Waaahhh!
[sfx]: Squirming
[insert]: Hahaha…
p13: ====================================== Huh? You wish for me to assist your investigation?
Yes. / The police have declared investigations concerning body swapping to be taboo. From what we can tell, several higher-ups are involved with the Midnight Cross Methods.
However, we have no intention of stopping. / Our plan is to continue our investigation of body swapping. We can’t let this tragedy ever repeat.
…I do get what you’re trying to say.
p14: ====================================== But that said, you would genuinely ask for my assistance?
That’s right, Kirishima Sachi. Your powers of insight are astounding. / Furthermore, information on the dark side of body swapping is surely buried in X’s memories.
…You’re fine with this? Think it through. / Because of me, the person you hold dear is now— I am well aware.
…Or so I would like to say, but I have some misgivings on the matter. !
p15: ====================================== Was killing Grandpa really what X willed? [sfx]: Twitch …
…I don’t mean to be cruel, but… / Your sister’s heart was far more broken than yours. And so you merged with her. To keep her safe, according to you.
Hey. Isn’t the truth… / That you wanted X to take the blame for crimes your sister willingly com—
Okay. / I’ll help you out. [sfx]: Slap
It seems that if I leave you alone, my dear great detective, you will make the deduction of the century.
p17: ====================================== [screen and text box]: Have you ever wanted to become someone you’re not?
[ditto]: You can, using the power of body swapping.
[ditto]: If you happen to be interested, [ditto]: please visit the URL below by 11 p.m. tonight.
[insert]: Thank you for reading! The fourth volume will be on sale January 27th!https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/42975[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 26 by Dowolf2016-12-31T16:32:41+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 26 (sorry this is late. again. i'm sure you're sick of me apologizing for this by this point, though...)
p1: =================================== The clue that led us to the true culprit… / was my Cross Ability.
Cross Abilities are special powers that can be used only when body swapping.
When swapping into a body, one can make use of the unique ability that reflects the body’s owner’s deepest desires.
p2: =================================== For instance, with Mikuriya Mikuni, / her desire to know how the mother who abandoned her truly felt gave her the power to read other’s minds, Silent Regret.
Kirishima Sachi, fed up by the Kirishima Family’s deceitful ways, craved a world free of lies and falsehoods. / This gave him the power to determine a written passage’s truth, Judgment Fake.
p3: =================================== In An’no Shion’s case, / since a certain idiot couldn’t take a hint and start calling her by her actual name, she worried that, when he finally did, she wouldn’t be able to respond honestly. Hence, she gained the power to force someone to respond, Too Loose Name.
Kirishima Ai, the subject of abuse that could come and go at any moment, could obtain absolute security only when her abusers slept, / and so her power, Love Lullaby, sent the listener into a deep slumber.
p4: =================================== What, then, was my own Power?
I had the strange ability to wake up instantly after falling asleep, but… What desire could that possibly reflect?
The answer told me who it was who had killed my sister. / After all, I desired, always and forever…
p5: =================================== To keep my sister safe. Story / Yamaguchi Mikoto Art / BAREISHO Midnight Cross Method Chapter 26: Tragedy, and Its Last Dregs
p6: =================================== …Are you all right, Hiroki?
Y-Yeah. *Huff* *Huff* …I’m sorry. You’re going to be late for school, and it’s all my fault, and…
Stop that! Sick kids don’t get to worry about their big sisters. [sfx]: Flick! At times like this, just lie down and let me fuss over you.
Thank you. …You…
p7: =================================== You seem kind of like Mom.
Ahaha… Do I? The other day, Dad said that I’m starting to look like her.
Oh yeah. Where is Dad? Still out on his business trip, apparently. He probably won’t be home for a week. He’s never around these days…
He can’t help it. / If he were around, he wouldn’t be able to keep from remembering.
p8: =================================== I’m sure losing Mom hurt him the hardest.
Hey, Kamiya-kun… / Before, didn’t you say you wanted to become strong in order to protect your sister? Yeah.
But why do you need to? Your sister is already so strong.
p9: =================================== …She certainly is, yeah. I don’t know if I could give you a clear-cut reason.
However, lately, I’ve been feeling it even more strongly.
…I wonder why.
…I’m home.
…Huh?
Nee-san, you’re home early today. / Is work over already?
…It’s… / It’s not like it’s anything I could tell you.
…
p11: =================================== Well, what’s so bad about that? You’re in the adult world. I’m sure there’s lots of things you have to go through that I don’t understand. [sfx]: Pat
…What… happened?
We fought, me and Dad.
p12: =================================== …Where’s he now? Out for work, I guess. He won’t be back for a while.
[sfx]: *Sigh* Why did this have to happen again?
Dad’s been in a good mood lately, / so I thought maybe we could go back to living as a family, but now…
You said something that went a bit too far, didn’t you? And you don’t even leave your room anymore…
Why don’t I call him, and we can apologize together? Sh- / SHUT UP!
p13: =================================== You could never understand. Never understand my pain!
Of course I can’t. / You won’t tell me anything.
What happened? …
There’s things a girl can’t tell a guy! If only I were born a man, I wouldn’t even have to deal with any of this crap!
--Once I knew the answer, / I saw the truth behind my sister’s words.
p14: =================================== Nee-san merged in your mind with our deceased mother… into a single woman.
Eventually, you weren’t able to hold back your feelings any longer, / and so you wound up doing… something to her.
p15: =================================== What that was, I won’t ask you. Not right now. But that action left her soul scarred.
So scarred that she closed off her heart, / and withdrew within it. …
[sfx]: Clench How could I have been so blind?
I lived with her, so why didn’t I notice? The answer was simple.
Father, you acted while I slept.
And not while I slept normally. / Whenever you did whatever it was you did to her, you drugged me, didn’t you? At those key moments, when I should have kept her safe, you put me to sleep.
p16: =================================== That’s why I have the Cross Ability to reject slumber, / Unsleeping Guardian.
My subconscious could probably sense how my sister’s spirits fell with each passing night. That’s exactly why this power came to dwell in my body.
And what’s more, I’m sure you used that same drug on my sister.
She was too strong otherwise to go down without a fight.
…I had no idea, Father, that you knew so much about medicine. In truth,
p17: =================================== didn’t you use that drug to freeze your own body in place? Weren’t you the seventh participant in the Cross Act, Father? [graph, from top, counter clockwise]: An’no Shin’ichirou / Kirishima Ai (X) / Kamiya Daiki / ? / Kamiya Hiroki / Mikuriya Mikuni / Kamishiro Sachi / Furuyanagi Kou
You participated in the Cross Act that day for a certain reason, [graph]: { Eighth Participant Kamiya Daiki } and entered the body of the eighth participant.
That reason…
was to kill me.
In other words, the eight participant was the one person who could definitively kill me during that two-hour span:
p18: =================================== My sister, Kamiya Yui.
[sfx]: Drowsy By necessity, we then know that Nee-san must have entered my body.
With that, we now know the identities of everyone who participated in the Cross Act. [graph]: Kamiya Daiki / Kamiya Yui / Kamiya Hiroki
p19: =================================== In order to kill me, you planned for both me and Nee-san to participate in the Cross Act. Nee-san wanted to become a man, and so you lured her the same way you did me.
But that, Father, was when you were completely caught off guard.
You had drugged my body to sleep, and yet…
With the power of Unsleeping Guardian, she awoke.
The two of you clashed.
But my sister was the more skilled fighter. She stole the weapon from your hands...
p20: =================================== And stabbed her own flesh.
…Nee-san… She killed herself with her own two hands. In a manner of speaking, she committed suicide.
All to keep me safe!
p21: =================================== …Why won’t you say anything? Do you think you can just stay silent for two hours, go back to your body, and get away with this?
Not a chance. At this very moment, the police are barging in on your room, Father,
where they will be securing both your body and Nee-san’s corpse, which you stole.
It’s high time you gave up and told us everything. / Everything I said is true, isn’t it?
…I’m sorry to say, but there is one thing you’re mistaken on. I did not just want to kill you…
p22: =================================== Not until I’d fucked up your face so bad I’d never have to see it again.
You what?
Now that I understand how you felt about my sister, and knowing that you read my blog, / I can imagine what feelings you held for me.
But… It was that strong? / You hated me that much?
Yes… I loathed you, detested you uncontrollably…
And envied you.
p23: =================================== Yui, you see, was my one and only hope.
When I was drowning in the despair of losing your mother Yuriko, it was Yui who did everything she could to cheer me up. I wouldn’t have survived without her.
You are right. At some point, I don’t know when, she began to merge with Yuriko in my mind. And so I loved her.
But she completely and utterly / rejected those feelings.
Well, I was willing to accept that. My expression of love was perhaps a little twisted.
…But it didn’t make sense. / Why did she reject me…
p24: =================================== When she let you stay by her side, you and your face that looks exactly like mine?!
You had no idea how much that meant. / Not only that, you even vilified Yui with every unbearable post you flung onto your blog!
I would have obeyed her every whim, so why you? Why you, Hiroki? / I… I could never understand.
So I hated, hated… and envied!
p25: =================================== That, Hiroki, is why I sought to kill you. I would destroy that face that looks so much like mine, and use Yui’s body to do it.
Yui would lose another person she cared about. And what’s more, she would kill him with her own two hands. Who knows how much despair that would bring to her?
And then, wouldn’t she become like me? Wouldn’t you and I, Hiroki, overlap in her mind… until she came to love me? [sfx]: Hug
p26: =================================== Like hell it would, you fucking pervert!
M-Mikuriya…?
A self-righteous piece of shit like you could never experience true love!
I’ve met enough assholes in my life / to be able to know one when I see him!
I’m not saying this twice, so you better clean that shit out of your ears and listen up…
p27: =================================== YOU DON’T LOOK ONE BIT LIKE HIROKI! SHE’D NEVER START THINKING YOU WERE HIM!
Hiroki’s always kind, / and willing to go on a limb for another. [flashback]: { SHUT UP! / Y—You haven’t been able to cry for ten years, so I’m crying all the tears you couldn’t!! [sfx]: Wipe x2
Ha ha… The hell? / That’s super lame, you idiot. } While you, you live only for yourself. You’re nothing like him.
We’ve received word from You-san. / She’s secured your father’s body.
…And your sister’s body really was there.
…I see…
p29: =================================== And thus did the incident I’d been caught up in come to a close.
If I had one regret, / it’s that I wish I had come to understand… how my deceased sister had truly felt.
…It’s finally over. Yeah.
Sorry about this, about dragging you along the whole way. …It’s fine.
…By the way,
p30: =================================== Why are you crying, Mikuriya? [sfx]: Drip
Shut up! / I’m crying all the tears you can’t! You’d better be thankful!
I get how much it hurts to lose family, after all.
…Yeah. Thanks.
If only… If only lonely hearts could come together and become a family. [sfx]: Squeeze Haha. What’s that supposed to mean? You sound so lame, you idiot. https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/42904[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 25 by Dowolf2016-11-26T22:52:38+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Channel 25
p1: =============================== XX/YY, Hiro’s NEET Sister-Watching Diary Chapter 25: When I Call Your Name [sfx]: Rat-a-tap-tap
It has been a long time since the last time I updated this. I apologize to anyone out there who has been eagerly awaiting my return. [sfx]: Rat-a-tap-tap
[sfx]: Rat-a-tap-tap …Hmm… / Well, it’s already over and done with, so let me just say it…
The truth is, a few days ago, my sister died. [screen]: Let me just say it / the truth is, a few days ago, / my sister died. [sfx]: Rat-a-tap-tap
p2: =============================== The cause of death was suicide.
With my sister herself having passed away, / we’ll never know the real reason why she did it.
…However, I’m certain she was in agony. / Agony over the burden she was placing on her family.
Especially the burden she laid on me, her brother. Nee-san, I’ve bought the stuff. [sfx]: Rustle Seven’s kalpi lunch and Fammart’s chicken.
How many times have I told you not to let the garbage build up! [sfx]: Stink You’d better clean this all up tomorrow.
She really did cause me so much trouble.
p3: =============================== To be honest, I’ve always wished my sister were gone.
But now that it’s really happened, [sfx]: Rat-a-tap-tap I wound up crying out. / Why, you ask?
Obviously… it was because I was overcome with joy. (lol) [sfx, rest of page]: Rat-a-tap-tap
Finally… Finally! Finally, I’m free of that piece-of-shit of a sister!
She was a useless idiot, but always acted like she was queen of the world. She was a trashy woman whose life meant nothing.
Ah… Let me speak from the bottom of my heart: / I am truly thankful that my sister is— [sfx]: Freeze
p4: =============================== Are you all right, Hiroki?
No matter how much this might be for the sake of the plan, / this is just too much for you to bear. [sfx]: Slide
Do you want me to type for you?
p5: =============================== No, I’m fine.
This is something I have to do! [sfx]: Wipe
All right, it’s finished.
If I upload my journal now, / I’m sure there’ll be a response. [sfx]: Tap
[background]: Latest Comment We’ve got one!
p6: =============================== Hiro-sama, long time no see. I have been an eager reader of your daily entries. [background text on top is from what he wrote, ending in “I am truly thankful that my sister is dead.” Bottom rows are these black boxes now]
…I am surprised to learn that your sister passed away. And from suicide, no less. [background is black boxes]
I simply cannot believe it. / I do not mean to be rude, but are you telling us the truth? Now… [sfx]: Nod
Thank you for your comment. Yes, I am certain of it. She killed herself. [sfx]: Rat-a-tap-tap
…I see…. Your family surely must be in grief. Oh, not at all. [bg: top section is first black boxes, then hiro’s response, then black boxes, then hiro’s response (going into the next page)
p7: =============================== Everyone in our family is feeling heartfelt joy over no longer being burdened by her. [sfx]: Rat-a-tap-tap Goodness… Is that the truth?
All right… It’s almost time to go for it. Umm… Might you possibly happen to be…
The person who taught me how to exchange bodies?
…Yes, I am. I knew it.
Wow! I was certain you were! / I’m so glad to get to speak with you again. [sfx]: Rat-a-tap-tap
You see, the truth is, I’ve been longing to thank you.
p8: =============================== I would love to meet you in person? [sfx]: Freeze
…
…I must respectfully decline. [sfx]: Rat-a-tap-tap I am terribly anxious around strangers, you see.
Oh… That’s too bad. After all, it’s because you taught me the method that I was able to experience something as wonderful as exchanging bodies…
And I’ve been given the biggest blessing of all: my sister’s suicide. / All of that is thanks to you. [sfx]: Glare
Oh… In that case, how about this?
p9: =============================== This time, how about you exchange bodies and then meet with me? [sfx]: Rat-a-tap-tap
In that event, you would be able to meet me in another’s form. / Shouldn’t even one as shy as you be able to handle that?
… …
That is a good idea. / That way, I would be able to get through the event without suffering overly from nerves. !
Truth be told, there is something I would like to discuss with you as well… [sfx]: Rat-a-tap-tap
p10: =============================== Let us schedule it for… Tomorrow night, at midnight. I will prepare for you a white door you can use to meet with me. The door will have a very peculiar look to it, so you should be able to quickly identify it.
Thank you for making all of the preparations. I cannot wait to meet you.
Neither can I.
With that, until tomorrow… The situation will be a bit peculiar, but you and I, Hiro-san, will be alone together.
[sfx]: Rat-a-tap-tap
p11: =============================== Let’s look forward to the Midnight Cross Method.
…*Sigh*. It looks like I got him to take the bait.
Right… Now I need to update everyone else about this. [sfx]: Flip
Hello? Yes… Yes. Everything is ready.
Yes… I am mentally prepared, too. / So tomorrow, at midnight…
p12: =============================== Let’s all capture the culprit who killed my sister! Roger that!
p13: =============================== The next day, at midnight.
A slightly peculiar white door. / It must be this one.
[sfx]: Click
p16: =============================== You’re here. [sfx]: Pull / I’ve been waiting.
Yes… A pleasure to meet you, Hiro-san.
Let’s drop the charade. A pleasure to MEET me? / Don’t we know each other very well?
That’s why you’ve come to see me again. All so that, this time, you could kill me for good.
p17: =============================== I only had you come here because I knew that. ?!
You must be amazingly furious. / But of course you are, after how much I insulted the person you love.
I fail to understand the meaning of your words. I’ve spoken with you a number of times online, but this is the first time we’ve actually met—
Again, enough with the lies. [sfx]: Clench All we have to do is get a little confirmation.
p18: =============================== I’m counting on you, Mikuriya. [sfx]: Stand On it.
Class Rep’s body’s power is called Truthful Name, or “Don’t Call Me Class Rep.” / It is the power to force someone to respond when called by their true name.
I will now have her call you by your true name. If we are right about who you are… / You will respond.
p19: =============================== [sfx]: Nod
You…
Are Kamiya… Daiki, right?
…I am.
p20: =============================== …I knew you were the culprit. No… You’re the ringleader behind it all…
Father!
https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/42841[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 24 by Dowolf2016-10-27T15:08:21+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 24
p1: ============================== My sister’s corpse is gone. / And right when we thought we’d solved the case, too.
Kamiya-kun, tell me everything about the day your sister died. O-Okay.
…When you awoke, you found the murder weapon gripped in your right hand?
…Yeah, that’s what happened.
p2: ============================== Kamiya-kun… Remember? X is left-handed. !
Then… Then my sister’s killer isn’t X?! Yes. The very foundation of our deduction proved incorrect.
p3: ============================== #24: The Killer in My Memories [insert]: With my sister’s corpse vanished, we’re back to the drawing board! Story: Yamaguchi Mikoto / Art: BAREISHO
p4: ============================== …
…Hm. I don’t know who this is.
… …
Kirishima Sachi, which personality are you speaking as right now?
p5: ============================== I couldn’t say one or the other, I guess? Two sets of memories dwell within my mind. / The memories of the Sachi you knew and the memories of X are all jumbled together.
But the two sets are mixing, fusing into one. / I can tell you with confidence that those merged memories are now mine.
…In other words, there’s a fair amount of confusion in your memories, / but the merged memories are clear to you?
Yeah… In all likelihood, X did not murder your sister, Hiroki.
…I knew it. In that case, what about the letter?
You know, the letter you left behind when you escaped from your cell. / You wrote that X’s identity was someone I knew!
p6: ============================== You’re slightly off there. / There were two pieces of information written in that letter.
The first was that I had realized who X was. The second… was that your sister was murdered by someone you knew.
…Huh? / Then you’re saying…
Correct. / The two pieces of information were not connected.
I was convinced that X had killed my sister, / so I mistakenly thought it was all a single hint?
p7: ============================== Therefore, / there was never any guarantee Kamiya Yui-san’s murderer was X.
However, the culprit is someone Kamiya-kun knows. We can be absolutely certain of that, right?
That is the truth of it. [sfx]: Nod
I have no idea who the culprit is, but it has to be someone I know…
Then our hypothesis and conclusion were backwards.
…Yes, they were. I think it would be wise to ask Master for more details. …”Master”?
p8: ============================== It has to do with my Cross Ability.
…You’re this “Master”? Indeed. / Sachi-kun calls me that, in respect for my erudite intelligence.
Umm… I haven’t yet had the opportunity to ask this, / but what in the world are you two?
I am Igarashi Daigorou. And I’m his attendant and great-granddaughter, Igarashi Shino. I both invented body-switching and am the first test subject of the art.
p9: ============================== I originally invented it to help heal those like Sachi, whose hearts had been riven.
But before I knew it, my masterpiece was misused for dangerous entertainment and heinous crime. As the inventor, I could not stand by. Which is why I’m now taking action.
As for the question of why I am like this— / GEH! You can’t keep going on like that, Great-Grandpa! They don’t want to spend all day listening to your story. [sfx]: Squeeze S-Sorry. But we are in a hurry, so if you could start by telling us about your Cross Ability?
My Cross Ability is Lucky Detective.
It is the ability to blow past all the deductive reasoning and immediately produce the conclusion. The motive? The trick? I can’t answer that, but I can tell you the culprit is among us! [sfx]: Snap!
p10: ============================== In other words, I can’t tell you why or how, / but I can tell you with 100% certainty… that your sister was murdered by someone you know.
X was one such candidate, of course, but we now know it not to be him. …
Unfortunately, my ability cannot produce the ultimate answer. / That is to say, we have to figure this out using only the information we currently have on hand.
But there can be no doubt. The culprit exists somewhere in your memories.
p11: ============================== …Well? Is there anyone that comes to mind? …This is tough.
Even someone like me has plenty of acquaintances.
Hmm.. Grasping at straws isn’t going to get us an answer. We have to narrow down the possibilities.
For instance, / is there anyone you know who had a grudge against your sister? !
p12: ============================== Why are you asking that?
If she wasn’t killed by a serial killer like X, then the possibility exists that she was targeted from the start.
In other words, the person with a reason to kill my sister is the culprit? [sfx]: Crush
The first suspects in an investigation are those who may have killed out of enmity, right? …Though actually, a lot of murders stem from egotistic spite.
…You want me to name someone who hated my sister so much he would kill her?
Hey. I’ve been wondering about this for a little while now, but… ?
p13: ============================== Why did your sister become a recluse?
From what I saw of her, she never seemed like the type.
W-Well…
I don’t really know the answer to that, either.
My memories of when and why that happened are all vague. / It’s like, one day, she suddenly stopped leaving the house.
Perhaps… could someone have been stalking her?
p14: ============================== That couldn’t be. / Class Rep, you know how good she was at karate. She’d knock your run-of-the-mill stalker flat on his back.
…Uh, but even so… My sister certainly did act like she was afraid of something.
If that’s true, then was there something she didn’t tell me about? Some reason she felt her life was in danger?
That would be why she withdrew, why she hid herself.
If I’m right, then who was it? Who do I know… who could have made such a strong woman tremble in fear?
p15: ============================== Kamiya-kun, Shion-san, can I have a moment?
Kirishima-kun said he’s remembered something. !
I truly would prefer if I could explain it all at once, but…
As I said before, the two sets of memories in my mind have begun to meld. / In the midst of that, one thing has become clear.
During the Cross Act that day, the body X entered… belonged to Furuyanagi Kou.
p16: ============================== Furuyanagi Kou. / He was one of the people who participated in the Cross Act on the day of the crime. A man of 86 years, he lived in a hospital strapped to a bed.
I gave myself a look at this diagram. [sfx]: Flip I assume this is a diagram you made of the Cross Act before going to capture X.
However, there’s a mistake here. / After all, X didn’t enter your body, Hiroki. [paper]: Kirishima Ai (X) -> Kamiya Hiroki. [lower right of paper]: Mikuni [upper right of paper,cut off] Kirishima Sachi
Which begged the question: whose body did X enter?
Look at this photograph. Is this… some ceiling?
This is the ceiling of the hospital where Furuyanagi Kou is staying. I had a detective take it for me.
p17: ============================== And furthermore… / The ceiling X saw after swapping bodies was unmistakably the very same.
Why I can be so certain of this memory, you ask?
Because, now that my memories have fused, / I can recall a clear difference in the ceiling Sachi saw in the body he entered. [box, upper left]: The ceiling Sachi saw [box, lower right]: The ceiling X saw
To sum this all up, fixing the diagram… …gives us this. [paper] { [upper right]: Cross Act Participants (8 total) [upper left, counterclockwise, from top]: Furuyanagi Kou / An’no Shin’ichirou / Kirishima Ai (X) [lower right, counterclockwise, from bottom]: Kamiya Hiroki / Mikuriya Mikuni / Kirishima Sachi }
In fact, / there is one more thing I’ve remembered regarding that. Do you remember, Hiroki, what Sachi experienced in the body he swapped into?
Yeah. / That would be this person here, right? He was an adult man in a hospital, as I recall.
Additionally, you said you could hear the faint sound of water.
That’s exactly it. / Now that I’ve come here, I’ve figured out what was making that sound. What do you mean?
p19: ============================== The answer lies there. *Drip* *Drip* …The IV?
But if he’s a patient, there’s nothing strange about him receiving an IV. / That can’t be particularly vital information.
About that… It might be possible that the person is in fact not a patient.
When I compare the memories X experienced when he truly took the body of Furuyanagi Kou, a man forced to lay all day in bed, with those Sachi experienced of being in a bed unable to move…
I find that the sensation of each is clearly different. / While it came in waves, the sick man in bed faced a constant stream of pain. However, Sachi experienced no such pain. If anything, he even felt a strange comfort.
p20: ============================== I suspect that that was because he intentionally ensnared his body using some sort of drug.
Then that’s why he set up the IV? That would be the conclusion, yes.
… / What is it, Kamiya-kun? N-No, it’s nothing.
Well? Did that provide you with a hint?
A feeling rose in my gut. It said we were close to grabbing hold of something concrete.
…
p21: ============================== …But ultimately, we made no further progress that day.
I see… So that’s how things have gotten now.
At the moment, the clues we have that are connected to the culprit… / are that he is someone you know, Hiroki…
That it’s likely someone who had a grudge against my sister…
And that Sachi entered the body of a man who used a drug to keep himself stuck in place. …That’s about it, I guess. [sfx]: Rub, rub. Huh? There’s one more thing, right?
p22: ============================== That the culprit’s a perverted bastard who stole your sister’s body.
…Huh?
Don’t “huh” me. Her body disappeared, right? / That was the first thing you told me!
Which means the culprit’s the only person who could have taken it. Get it?
Out of all the people I know, who stole my sister’s body? Who hated her so much… that she lived in fear of the person?
…Mikuriya, what sort of Cross Ability did my body have? Huh?
I couldn’t completely tell, / but it was some sort of ability where even if I went to bed, I’d soon wake up, I guess?
…Oh… So that’s what it is. …Hiroki? Hah… Haha…
p24: ============================== Umm… Are you sure you’re all right over there? [sfx]: Tears
…Mikuriya… / Maybe my sister’s death was suicide…
https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/42760[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 23 by Dowolf2016-09-23T22:24:45+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 23
p1: ==================================== Kirishima Sachi, age 18. Lived with his parents, an older brother, and a younger sister. He was always at the top of his class. A prodigy, some called him. / His family was close. They were famous in the neighborhood for how well they got along.
…But all of that was strictly their public persona.
A heavy darkness lurked within the Kirishima household.
And that itself led to the birth of the serial killer X,
p2: ==================================== Kirishima Sachi’s other self. [insert]: The serial killer born from the Kirishima Family’s darkness: Kirishima Sachi‼ Chapter 23: Emptiness Midnight Cross Method Story: Yamaguchi Mikoto Art: BAREISHO
p3: ==================================== Kirishima Sachi had a split personality? Yes. / A strong indicator supporting the initial theory was our finding of left-handed scissors in the right-handed Sachi’s room.
…Even if that were true, can that method actually bring back the split-off personality? It should… Right?
Precisely. When they pressed the single, folded-in-half card between their foreheads, the personality returned to its original body.
…There’s much I can’t believe, but when the most unbelievable thing of all is happening right in front of my eyes… Heyya.
…What do you say, Kirishima Sachi-kun? / There is much we’d like to ask you about the incident, if you are able. …Mm. / …I supposed I don’t have much of a choice. I admit it; I’ve lost.
I shall tell you everything.
p4: ==================================== But first, please take Ai from this room. / None of this is anything she would want to remember. …Understood.
…As you’ve requested, we’ve had her removed. Then I’ll start again.
As some of those present may be aware, every member of the Kirishima clan is as two-faced as could be.
However, even though we were counted among their number, / the world considered my family to be as honest and clean as they come.
But you know? The truth is, my house… / was the darkest of all.
p5: ==================================== Especially my brother. He was truly a man beyond redemption.
He played the serious and stupendous brother in public…
But beneath that mask was a mind warped by jealousy. Whenever he saw something that wasn’t just the way he wanted it, violence followed.
B-Brother, why do you keep hitting my chest? / If you hate me that much, you’re welcome to hit me in the face.
I do that, everyone else’ll find out. / You think I wanna get shamed out in public?
“Shamed”? / Heh heh… Given that you’d attack your own brother because you’re jealous of his abilities…
I’m pretty sure you’ve already brought more than enough shame upon yourself. …Sachi, you piece of…
Sachi… Nii-sama… [sfx]: Pound! In the house of two-faced liars stood I, a man who did not mince his words. That I was hated would be an understatement.
p7: ==================================== With each passing day, my brother’s violence escalated. My parents, meanwhile, turned a blind eye.
It was a wretched time. / If I had had no one on my side, I wouldn’t have made it through—but I did. I had Ai.
But time went on, and eventually my brother’s beatings were suppressed. Or rather, I should say I suppressed them myself.
Brother, if you continue this any further, I won’t hold back. [sfx]: Creek …! For by the time I entered my sophomore year of high school, I could outmuscle him.
p8: ==================================== After that, my days grew tranquil.
However, inversely, all strength seemed to drain from Ai.
And then… Sachi-nii-sama, have you ever thought that you wanted to become someone you aren’t? when Ai reached the point where she could ask me that puzzling question…
…I saw it. [sfx]: Creek
p9: ==================================== I saw the true darkness. [sfx bubbles, all over page]: Creek It’s all your fault. Because you always take his side. Listen, and don’t you forget it.
Suck it, Sachi. Now you’re all alone. [bottom-left sfx bubble]: *Whimper*
Once I had born witness to that…
p10: ==================================== My other self had already been born. [sfx]: Huff
No. Perhaps he had always been there, deep inside my heart.
I had written that story of a protagonist enjoying the act of killing. [sfx]: Type And most of all,
When I returned to my senses, I saw I’d only struck my brother’s chest. / I’d let my subconscious take over, and had done the exact same thing he had.
p11: ==================================== Was it the Kirishima blood? I, too, had a dark side; the thought revolted me from the bottom of my heart.
I’m sorry, Ai. Sorry I didn’t realize sooner. But I won’t let this happen ever again.
…Sachi-nii-sama, I really do want to become someone I’m not. / I don’t want you to embrace me when I’m in this body, this defiled flesh. …Don’t say that.
What’s more, so long as I’m in here, my true wish will never be granted. Your true wish?
p12: ==================================== I want to become one flesh with you, Sachi-nii-sama.
Because I truly, truly love you.
p13: ==================================== Ai’s mind had already all but snapped.
If I left her alone then, she probably wouldn’t have been able to live on. So…
Okay… Let’s do it, Ai. We decided to use the cards to perform the act.
Later, I would take my incorrigible brother, who again tried to lay his hands on Ai… Ai… And my parents, who did know of everything he was doing, but said nothing… It’s not our fault! / It’s all yours, Sachi!
p14: ==================================== And killed them all. [sfx bubbles]: Splat / Thud / Crash / Slam / Rip / Crunch (rip is lower-right, rest are in order)
p15: ==================================== Then, / I laid all the blame…
On the Sachi I left behind, who only remembered the Kirishima family’s good side.
The culprit is my brother, Kirishima Sachi.
I did so because that was the only method I could devise that would let Ai survive.
p16: ==================================== That concludes the facts behind the Kirishima Family Murder Incident.
…Don’t mess with us.
[sfx]: Push
Don’t mess with us, Sachi! [sfx]: Grab
p17: ==================================== In that case, why’d you kill my sister?! Why did you even kill Shin’ichirou-san?! [sfx]: Squeeze
If you’re telling us the truth, then even if you were going about things the wrong way… / You were doing all of it to protect your little sister!
But they had nothing to do with that, so why’d you have to kill them?
p18: ==================================== …I’m sorry to say this, / but no amount of probing will provide a satisfactory answer to that question.
…The one thing I can say…
Is that, in the end, the two broken souls literally became one flesh.
So within us lay not only a tremendous insanity, but additionally, where there should have been something to restrain it, there was only emptiness. …Wouldn’t that be it?
p19: ==================================== The heck does that mean?
…However. Now that I have returned to my own body…
When I match my memories of my time with you…
With those of my actions as X, I realize…
p20: ==================================== I truly am the worst.
…I’m sorry, Hiroki. You placed your faith in me, but…
I was never worthy of it.
…You…
p21: ==================================== You freaking idiot…!
And so the curtain closed on the X incident.
Along the way, the police learned of the existence of body switching, and came to understand my circumstances.
Yes. Everything had come to an end.
p22: ==================================== Hello… This way.
My sister is in here.
I-In the refrigerator? U-Umm, what’s going to happen to Kamiya-kun? / Is he going to be charged with anything?
…It probably won’t be anytime soon, / and I don’t believe he’ll be charged with a major crime, but I can’t guarantee he’ll be considered innocent. But Kamiya-kun’s—
p23: ==================================== It’s fine, Class Rep. [sfx]: Pat All I wanted to do was avenge my sister.
I’ve prepared myself for when the police come knocking. / And I’ll quit school. …
Now then. Let us confirm your sister’s body. Yes, ma’am. / …Please do the honors. [sfx]: Snap
[sfx]: Open
p24: ==================================== ?! My sister’s body—it’s missing?!
What the… How can this be?
https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/42702[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 22 by Dowolf2016-08-24T23:54:36+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.com(Technically not late [again {sorry}])
Midnight Cross Method 22
p1: ====================================== Chapter 22: A Stage of Madness and Bloodthirst
There! Capture him! Quickly!
…No.
He can handle himself.
Story / Yamaguchi Mikoto Art / BAREISHO [sidebar]: Danger comes Mikuni’s way?!
“Why”? / The better question would be: What possessed you to expect me to waltz unprepared… into what was such an obvious trap?
p9: ====================================== I believe I told you before how exemplary a Cross Power this body boasts. A lullaby that puts its listeners to sleep is not the half of it.
While my victims are asleep, paralyzed, / I can lay on them hypnotic suggestions.
Sh-She used hypnosis?!
…Ugh. Is that why it took so much work to knock him out?
The individuals are paralyzed, of course. That does severely limit the breadth of the orders I can give. Two hours from now, go up onto the stage and attack.
Nevertheless, I must commend you on having scrounged together such an interesting plan. Using the loud volume to prevent me from singing? Ingenious.
However, allowing me myself to purloin the microphone?
p10: ====================================== A dreadful mistake that has rendered me invincible.
Schlafe, shlafe, holder süßer Knabe (Sleep, sleep, my dear sweet child,) Leise wiegt dich deiner Mutter Hand (Softly rocked by your mother’s hand)
Good night…
p11: ====================================== So then. What shall I do now? / Sachi is still yet to make his arrival, it would seem. I could wait. I am confident he would not fail to join us.
After all, he considers my sins… to be something he must handle himself.
…That said, simply waiting here sounds so terribly dull.
Oh, yes. ♡
I am sure the good detective brought one of those with him.
p13: ====================================== I grew sick of waiting.
Do relax. None of the souls here have yet been plucked from their bodies. …
Your presence here would suggest… that you must have realized the identity of my true body.
…Yeah. Of course I’ve figured it out. / You…
p14: ====================================== Are my other half.
p15: ====================================== Through my arrest, through meeting you, through all the information I’ve learned, I ran into one major problem:
There were too many gaps in my memories.
What happened on the day of the crime? Why didn’t I know about the scar on Ai’s body? Those two were no surprise. But why was there so much about the Kirishima family that I heard from the police and lawyers that I didn’t know?
Our house wasn’t that large. How could I have been blind to so much of what went on within it? At first, I was shocked by my own insensitivity. / But that wasn’t it.
p16: ====================================== I had known… the awful things that had taken place in the Kirishima house.
Right… My Love Lullaby proved ineffective against that body.
Up until the very end, we debated who would stand upon the stage…
But once we realized this body would be our trump card, I had Mikuni-san enter my body. / A true idol, she quickly picked up self-defense. Thank goodness for that. Lower your body and pull my arm towards you. This isn’t much different from dancing.
And then I entered this body!
All so that I could keep my promise to Grandpa.
On suspicion of the murder of the Kirishima Family, along with the murder of An’no Shin’ichirou, / X… No.
Kirishima Sachi, you are under arrest! [insert]: Finally, X has been arrested!
https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/42608[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 21 by Dowolf2016-06-26T12:32:09+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 21
p1: ======================================== So at the next BKR concert, Miku-Miku’s gonna be there for the first time in forever! Dude, I knew that hours ago. / And besides, that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
I hear they’re gonna introduce a new song and a new member. Seriously?! Shit, tickets are gonna be hard to get.
Well, about that… / Sounds like they’re not going with a normal raffle this time. [sfx]: Swipe Huh?
p2: ======================================== Top priority goes to whoever can fill the blanks in the lyrics! [upper left]: Midnight Cross Method / #21: Outside and In [cell phone]: { [upper left] Guess the lyrics! [upper right]: Mikuriya Mikuni’s Return / Special Concert [bottom, not bubble]: Guess the lyrics for the new song, and immediately get a ticket to the performance ♡ [bubble]: Touch! } [bottom]: Story / Yamaguchi Mikoto Art / BAREISHO
p3: ======================================== And for our next story, / the popular idol group BKR48 are asking fans to guess the lyrics to their new song. [background]: What are the new song’s lyrics?
The fans are wrestling with the sudden challenge. The sole clue is rumored to be the song’s title. / And that title…
is “Outside and In.” [sfx]: Glance
…I get it. The title—and these lyrics— They’re a challenge sent to X. [background]: The title: Outside and In
Which means, come that day, I should be able to meet Sachi as well. …Interesting.
p4: ======================================== [background]: The Bakuan Shrine I wonder if the plan’ll work…
…If nothing else, we should’ve caught X’s eye. / We’ve got the information spread far and wide. Even the media picked up the story. They did? Then all that’s left to see is if X shows up as challenged.
Okay! That’s enough warming up. [sfx]: Clap clap! Let’s get this started.
p5: ======================================== Hey, / do I really have to do this? [sfx]: Stretch You know there can’t be any more mistakes.
…No, there can’t. / And I should do everything I can.
One, two, three, four! [sfx]: Pose!
p6: ======================================== The Day of the Concert
[signs]: BKR Concert Hall / The Bakuan Shrine / Mon Quiho [sfx]: *Crowd noises*
Gyah!! / I didn’t win a ticket!!! [sfx]: Stirs
[sign is the same]
Did anyone answer that question correctly? Well, six people solved it in all.
p7: ======================================== ?! / That many?! A lot of people posted on the ‘Net what they thought the answers would be. One of them was right.
…X must be behind that. All to disturb our investigation.
Couldn’t we simply arrest all six of those individuals?
No, we can’t!
X is as sly as a fox. / He might have leaked the answer and then not submitted it himself. There’s no guarantee he’s one of the six!
If we wind up arresting the wrong people, we’d be playing right into X’s hands. Screw things up badly enough, and we might never get another chance.
p8: ======================================== I understand what you’re saying, / but however unlikely, if anything were to happen to you all—
That is the most foolish thing I’ve heard. [sfx]: Tap
No matter what happens, no matter who is in the stands, we idols will still be the ones performing on stage.
And before we made it big, we had to make it through some pretty dangerous times.
Don’t underestimate an idol’s experience.
p9: ======================================== Besides, after you came to our center crying your heart out, how could we say no? I-I wasn’t crying!!
Mikuni, if you’ve gone from being a workaholic to that, well… / You must’ve met someone nice. … Mngh~
However! Until you graduate, don’t forget: Relationships are strictly forbidden! I-I know that!!
Detective, with our new member, we can handle ourselves.
Instead, / could I please ask that you ensure none of our fans are harmed?
Of course. I swear by our pride as policemen they’ll be safe.
p10: ======================================== Thank you for coming to today’s special BKR48 concert.
We have for you a unique setlist to be used today only. / I hope you all enjoy it ♡ Today only?! Wonder what’s gonna be different. [sfx]: Stirs
That came to you from BKR48’s Mikuriya Mikuni! Whoa!
p12: ======================================== Our plan was to lure X to our concert.
The thunderous volume / meant that X couldn’t use Kirishima Ai’s Cross Ability, Love’s Lullaby.
TIGER FIRE! CYBER FIBER! K-BAR VIBER!
p13: ======================================== Of course, the only way to completely cut it off was to make sure the music never stopped.
So we couldn’t take any breaks.
We had to keep the concert going at full throttle.
p14: ======================================== Of course, X was sharp. Since that possibility existed, X almost certainly wouldn’t appear in Ai’s body.
And in fact, it would seem Ai was nowhere within the hall.
What of the six? At present, none of them has acted suspiciously.
…Then if X does take action, it really will be during the new song. How had we initially drawn X to us?
By hiding a secret within the new piece’s lyrics. In truth…
p15: ======================================== They spelled out the truth of what happened during the Kirishima Family Murder Incident.
We didn’t know if we had every detail right. But we were certain that X wouldn’t want the full story made public.
And thus, the challenge. If X didn’t want what lay hidden within the lyrics to be made public, / X should come and stop us. Which meant the true battle would be when we introduced the song.
Next is the new piece.
Next is our new piece. / It’s a unit song together with our new member. [sfx]: Huff x2 We hope you enjoy it.
p16: ======================================== Outside… and In.
p17: ======================================== I’m on the outside. Always with a smile, and seeking love from you all
I’m on the inside. Always with a tear, and seeking to break it all
p18: ======================================== My heart grows distant It’s going to break.
So I lay my right hand So I lay my left hand On the mirror and ask,
Is it all my fault? Am I to blame? I’m going to break.
p19: ======================================== But there’s a person I love, / A person who loves me So I can still hang in there.
Why do you cry? Does loving me scar you?
I knew it was my fault. No, I did nothing wrong. It’s all my fault. No, / it’s all theirs! My heart grows distant… Truly, truly distant. it’s going to break.
Hey, what should I do? Hmm, let’s…
p20-21: ======================================== Let’s just split in half.
Half for the outside, half for the in!
p22: ======================================== And I, the outside, will break it all!
https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/42530[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 20 by Dowolf2016-05-26T16:09:49+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 20
p1: ================================ #20: The Heart of Justice Never Dies What’s the situation?
Well, all the detectives we had watching the place fell asleep, and… ?!
Any injured? Umm, the investigators are fine, but we found one on the second floor.
An elderly male.
Story / Yamaguchi Mikoto Art / BAREISHO
p2: ================================ Dammit. We can’t stop the bleeding! Hey! Where’s the damn ambulance?! [sfx]: Swing!
p6: ================================ I-I’m sorry… I-I didn’t think, I just acted, and now…!
The fuck’s an apology gonna do?! / Right now, your grandfather’s body…
It’s got Hiroki’s soul in it! If… If he doesn’t pull through this, then…
Then Hiroki’s the one who’s gonna die!
p7: ================================ And if… If you let him fucking die… / you’re gonna pay for it!
He’s one hell of a guy. [flashback, c3]: { SHUT UP! / Y—You haven’t been able to cry for ten years, so I’m crying all the tears you couldn’t!! } Someone kind enough to cry for me, even once he knew my shitty-ass past.
Without him, I… I dunno what I’d do. So please… Don’t let him die.
I don’t like this either. I don’t want him to die. I mean, I’ve… I’ve been in love with him for years.
p8: ================================ But I—I can’t make that choice! How can I choose his life / over my grandfather’s?
Ain’t this all your fault? It is. It is, but…
Screw this! / I guess I—I’ll just have to tell him!
…Old man, we need you back in your body. Now. And then…
p9: ================================ Take Hiroki’s place… and die for him. Please.
?
I know I don’t have any right to ask. / But even so…
To me, Hiroki’s too precious to lose.
p10: ================================ Oh, were you two having a spat over that?
Relax. That was my plan goin’ in.
Mine’s the body at Death’s door, so it’s my soul he ought to see.
If I was there, I would’ve done just what he did to protect Shion. So given that…
p11: ================================ Being able to share a few last words with you’s a godsend. [sfx]: Pat
Mind giving us a minute or two?
If time runs out, we can wrap things up quick. [sfx]: Nod
Shion, I don’t blame you nothing for this. I’m right sure there’s enough regret filling your heart to stop you ever making this mistake again.
So I’m not gonna let my last words be those of a bitter old Stooge. / Instead I’mma ask, both as a detective and as your assistant…
You figure out who X is?
p12: ================================ Yes, I have.
…I see.
Then go catch X. / Their evil deeds must be brought to an end! But Grandpa…
Stick with your gut [sfx]: Grab and do what is right.
p13: ================================ Or would you have the Heart of Justice die with me?
…[sfx]: Tight
[sfx]: Rub
[sfx]: Slap
[sfx]: Slap
14: ================================ [sfx]: Slide
…I won’t let anyone else die, not now, not ever!
Good. Well spoke.
p15: ================================ [sfx]: Ah …We’ve done all we could, but… Could his family come this way?
I see… [sfx]: Pat
In that case, well, [sfx]: Pat I bid you all…
a fond farewell.
p16: ================================ …I’m so sorry. It shouldn’t have come to this. What, this? There’s nothing here to apologize for.
…You must have been scared. So, so scared. Yet still you stood your ground and protected my granddaughter.
p17: ================================ I thank you, Kamiya-kun.
I chose well to entrust you with my body.
p18: ================================ [sign]: [gen]eral Hospital <the first word is cut off> This time, could you tell me the full story?
p19: ================================ Yes, we’ll tell you everything.
We told her everything that we knew. All the things we’d been through,
all about body swapping,
and X’s identity. X is actually…
p20: ================================ …I see. I understand things, by and large.
So. We the police will be handling things from here.
That’s not acceptable. / Let us assist you in arresting X!
Shion-san, you’re—
I’m fine. / I won’t demand that I get vengeance with my own hands, or anything like that.
p21: ================================ But X has multiple bodies, and what’s more, he possesses powerful Cross Abilities.
When you put that into consideration, / the rational determination would be that you need our help, since we’re decently knowledgeable about body swapping.
…You have a point. Since we can’t identity X based on appearance, this will be a tricky one.
I would take it, Shion-san, that you have an idea on how to find this “X”? I do.
I do, but… But if X doesn’t try anything fancy and simply shows up in Ai’s body, / her Cross Ability might make arresting X tricky.
p22: ================================ You mean Love Lullaby, / the ability to make everyone who hears it fall asleep?
Even if we wear earplugs, / it would be difficult to block out all of the sound.
We have to figure out a better way. Failure is not an option.
I’m sorry, I have to take this! Hello? This is Mikuni.
Huh? / Can’t that wait? I’m in the middle of something important right now!
Oh? / Something important, is it?
That, coming from the girl who thinks money makes the world go round? [sfx]: Jump!
p24: ================================ So what is it? What’s more important than your work? [sfx]: Crack
R-Rikako…
…Wait, isn’t she from BKR? Yeah, isn’t she she’s Shimazu Rikako?
Kaede, you snitched on me?! I-I’m sorry, Mikuni-sempai.
p25: ================================ Don’t go glaring at Kaede! / You’re the one who’s been skipping out of work left and right! [sfx]: Pinch!
I’m sorry for the fuss, everyone. / I’ll be bringing this one back with me, so… [sfx]: Slide H-Hold on a second!
Shut up! / You know how many times you screwed up during the performance? Twelve times. Twelve! [sfx]: Scream!
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U-Umm, by “performance,” you wouldn’t mean…?!
The same one we’re always doing at the BKR theatre. / So, well… The concert.
p26: ================================ That’s it! [sfx]: Squeeze [insert]: L-Let go of me…
I’ve figured it out! I know how to capture X! [insert]: Let’s corner X at BKR48’s “Special Performance”!! [arrow]: To be continued in the June issue [on sale 4/27]! https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/42287[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 19 by Dowolf2016-02-21T17:15:32+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.com<late chapter is late sorry~ At least 20 hasn't come out yet!>
Midnight Cross Method 19
p1: ================================ Midnight Cross Method Story / Yamaguchi Mikoto Art / BAREISHO #19: The Lullaby, Death’s Melody
…Truly, what is with that child? Oh, Sachi-kun? He is a bit off-putting, isn’t he? Things at home must be a nightmare, too
p2: ================================ That’s not true at all. After all, I love my brother Sachi.
Ah…
…O-Of course you do. You’re siblings. / What sort of sister wouldn’t say that about her brother? [sfx]: Pat x2 Ai-chan, you really are such a good, kind girl.
p3: ================================ …No, it’s not like that. Us being family or siblings has nothing to do with it.
I love my brother Sachi / as a man.
[sfx]: Eww I knew I would get those looks.
When I spoke to Mom and Dad about this, they were very angry. …Why can’t anyone understand?
p4: ================================ “Why can’t anyone else see how wonderful a person my brother Sachi is?” she asked.
What was that, just now? …I feel like she’s lost her head. …
[sfx]: Hah / Pat Saeko-san!
…Huh?! / What am I… This is…? Could I have a brief moment?
We’re sorry. We forced you to tell us most everything. / Specifically, that you—that all of you—hated Kirishima Sachi.
p5: ================================ Which is why, when Kirishima Sachi was named suspect, no one rose in his defense. …
I don’t have the time to berate you for that, not even if I wanted to. But there is one thing I would like to ask.
Why do you bear Kirishima Sachi so much hatred? / Was there any definitive reason for it?
…Well…
p6: ================================ The boy was far too smart… …And besides,
He was too honest.
There was a family gathering. While everyone was exchanging hellos, Sachi-kun suddenly said,
p7: ================================ Why are you all smiling and welcoming people you don’t even like?
The air in the room froze over. [sfx]: Ugh… Why?
Because it was the truth.
The Kirishima clan is giant, and has existed since ages past. Given the size, of course there’s a few feuds. But we’re adults. What’s wrong with forcing a smile so you can get through a brief gathering?
…Yet he saw right through us, even though he’d only just entered elementary school.
p8: ================================ The disgusting boy.
And he didn’t stop. He kept speaking as if he could see the thoughts that lay hidden in your heart. [bottom right]: No one’s seriously listening to a word you say. [upper left]: Why would you go out of your way to partner up with someone you hate? Everyone’s so desperate because they want Grandpa’s inheritance, huh.
Maybe the boy was so smart that our adult facades seemed ridiculous to him. But you know how it is.
Nothing hurts more than the unassailable truth.
p9: ================================ So as a result, Sachi grew ostracized and hated? …Yes.
…As I recall, Sachi himself said… / that as long as he can remember, everyone around him had considered him odd. …!
Hey, Kamiya-kun? / Could you tell me about Kirishima? Tell me everything, no matter how little. Okay, sure.
…I think that’s about all I know.
p10: ================================ [flashbacks, right column] { Kirishima Sachi, age 18. His was a family of five: two parents, an elder brother, and a little sister. His grades were always at the top of the class; some even called him a prodigy. / He and his family got along well. They were even famous in their neighborhood for how close they all were.
I loved my family. [sfx]: Clench
I loved my father, who was always relaxed and took things at his own pace; / my mother, who rarely spoke but never lacked a smile; My brother, who was exemplary and serious to a fault;
And my sister… / She was a bit of a dreamer and terribly kind. }
[bubbles, right side] { They were famous in the neighborhood for being a close family. / He was interested in seeing the look on someone’s face when the person they trusted the most suddenly attacked them. Sachi loved his entire family. }
[bubbles, left side] { Sachi’s cross ability is Judgement Fake, or the Novelist Who Cannot Write Lies. Sachi said there are two personalities within AI. / Sachi is right handed. }
[flashbacks, left side] { “I did not murder your sister.
“The veracity of this letter will be confirmed by my Cross Ability, “Judgment Fake, or the Novelist Who Cannot Write Lies.
“My ability can determine if the text is truth or deceit.”
There’s two people inside Ai…!
Hey, / won’t one of you lend me your body? Then, afterwards, I’ll listen to whatever you have to say. }
[sfx]: *Gulp*
Saeko-san, would it be all right if I asked you one last question? G-Go ahead.
p11: ================================ Is Kirishima Sachi still like that nowadays?
…No. / His family must have scolded him harshly. He began to mind his words around when he entered high school.
…I knew it.
…Kamiya-kun, I think I might have figured out who X is.
What’s wrong? Why are you fidgeting? [sfx]: Nngh / Twitch ?!
Don’t get in my face looking like that!! [sfx]: Nyah! [insert]: Ah, the bittersweet feelings of youth~ <3
p13: ================================ Umm… It’s a little late to ask, / but are you sure you shouldn’t have gone?
May I take that to mean leaving Kamiya-kun alone with Shion has given you pangs of jealousy? DON’T FRIGGIN’ LOOK LIKE YOU’VE SOLVED A MYSTERY!!
I’m saying that maybe you should’ve gone to the crime scene to investigate! I see.
Yet in that case, there is nothing to worry about. / By now, Shion’s detective skills have well surpassed my own. …I-I see.
That is precisely why I have let her take over the business! [insert]: I am her assistant, and nothing more.
But, well… There is one concern of mine.
p14: ================================ When Shion lets her mind focus on deductive reasoning… she becomes blind to everything else around her.
…I have to go. ? / Go where?
Hey… Class Rep! [sfx]: Dash!
p15: ================================ She inherited that power of concentration from her father—that is, from my little boy. It can be her greatest weapon.
Yet it is fair to say the self-same power cost my little boy his life. Huh? Then you’re saying…?
…My little boy was a detective, same as me.
I might be biased, but I thought him exemplary. Yet every time he closed in on the truth, he had no eyes for anything else.
p16: ================================ And one day, while the solution to a case lay before his eyes, he died in a pedestrian accident.
If there was one thing I felt for Shion at the time, / it was pity. She fell mute for a while.
After all that, why’d she go on to do something as dangerous as investigative work?
Well… The girl inherited more than one thing. What else did she get?
p17: ================================ A hatred of evil, and the heart of a hero! [sfx]: Snap!
Oh, yeah… [insert]: I’ll never let evil win [sfx]: Ding! That would be just like her.
But even so… Hiroki—he’ll dash into things on a whim, too…
Really… I hope they both make it back safe and sound.
p18: ================================ [sfx]: Slap Class Rep! Class Rep, wait a second!!
It’s… It’s hard… To run… in this body…!! [sfx]: Huff
…But you know? Hiroko-san—your mother—is against it. Think closely on the reason why your father died.
I’ll do it because my father has died. What?
p26: ================================ My father’s just soul lives on within me. I don’t want it to die, too!
…
…I see. [sfx]: Ruffle …Okay.
This isn’t what we agreed to! / Father-in-law, you promised me you would talk her out of it!! If something were to happen to Shion, too, then I…!
p27: ================================ Don’t worry! / No matter what happens, I will be sure to keep her safe. [sfx]: Thumbs up!
…That is a surprise. [sfx]: Huff x2 Would this be the power of the body itself? [sfx]: Drip… x2 Or else, is it the strength of will borne by the soul currently within it?
…Very well. In deference to such a beautiful spirit, / I shall permit this round to end with you alone.
After all, it would seem I cannot stay here indefinitely.
Shion, no matter what happens, I will at least keep you safe. Class Rep, I’m not willing to lose anyone else I care about.
Shion, promise Grandpa… / that you will never rush. Rushing into things will someday bring you face-to-face with danger. Okay!
N-Nooooo!!! [insert]: The long-awaited third volume is on sale February 27th! [bar]: To be continued in the April issue on sale Feb. 27th!
https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/42207[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 18 by Dowolf2016-01-14T17:05:45+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 18
p1: ============================== [insert]: The two chase after the escaped Sachi— We’ve somehow managed to escape the prison…
But seeing as to how we don’t know where Kirishima Ai is, we too have got no choice but to chase after Kirishima Sachi. Do you have any idea where else Sachi might have gone? ...
Given this note he left us, / there’s a possibility that he’s heading directly to X, the true culprit.
And while the person is apparently someone I’ve met… If we turn that around, / wouldn’t it mean the person is someone Kirishima Sachi knows you’ve met? ?!
That would make X someone that both you and Kirishima Sachi know.
Someone who both I and Sachi know… A shared acquaintance…? Or, alternatively, someone I’ve spoken about to Sachi.
The people I’ve spoken to him about are only those involved in body swapping. If it’s one of them…
p3: ============================== I can count them on both hands.
However… One of them is the true culprit?
p4: ============================== [insert]: He’s vanished without a trace – what is Sachi thinking? Midnight Cross Method Story / Yamaguchi Mikoto Art / BAREISHO Chapter 18: Ai’s Abnormal Affection
p5: ============================== ……
…It’s only a possibility. / We don’t know whether or not the memo speaks the truth.
…
…
…Y-You know I’m not X, right? !
p6: ============================== Of course I know! I wouldn’t start doubting you now!
Th… …Thanks.
But you know, / I think you’d be better off being a little more suspicious of others. ?
I mean, if what Kirishima Sachi wrote is true, / it would mean you let the true culprit get away.
I’m glad that you trust me, but that kindness of yours may actually be biasing you as you search for the culprit.
p7: ============================== If you proceed to encounter someone who seems the least bit suspicious, don’t hesitate to use Grandpa’s Cross Ability no matter who it is!
The Cross Ability “Professional Police”… The power to force another person to answer three questions.
It can only be used one per day… but it’s powerful enough to identify the culprit with a single touch.
p8: ============================== Got it. [sfx]: Clench No matter who it is, right?
…I’m sorry… It must be hard.
I just told you to suspect everyone you know. I’m sure there’s a few you absolutely don’t want to doubt.
But I had to say it. For your sake, too. Hey, try to think back.
p9: ============================== Out of all the people you’ve met so far, has anyone been suspicious?
Of all the people I’ve met… …And someone who Sachi also/i] knows…
If someone comes to mind, let’s go meet that person immediately!
p10: ============================== …Well? It looks like there’s a number of cops here, too.
…But she’s the one you thought of, right? Yeah…
To be honest, there’s little basis to suspect her of being X. / However, given that it must be someone both I and Sachi know, I picked someone who seemed connected to the murder of Kirishima’s family, which X confessed to committing.
p11: ============================== From there, I guess I went with someone who I knew how to find. Makes sense… Even if you’re not confident, I agree with prioritizing someone we can realistically meet with.
However, what about the cops? Just ignore them, and we’ll be fine. / They’re only here because they anticipate Kirishima coming by.
If we nonchalantly walk up to the door, they shouldn’t stop us.
Got it. [sfx]: Step At the very least, I hope we get a hold of Sachi’s trail.
*DING-DONG* …Coming!
p12: ============================== Hello… / Umm, who might you be?
We’re sorry to drop by so suddenly. / We are detectives investigating the Kirishima family incident.
You are Kirishima Ai-san’s aunt, Fujiwara Saeko-san, née Kirishima Saeko-san, are you not? Y-Yes…
p13: ============================== …I see.
So you are investigating that case anew.
As I have told the gentlemen from the police time and again, I have nothing to say regarding the case.
I had thought that the Kirishima family—my brother’s family—was the picture of perfect harmony. / I have no idea why something like that would have happened.
I don’t even know where Ai-chan is right now. [sfx]: Clench
…I see. I’m gonna—I mean, would you mind if I asked you a few questions?
p14: ============================== …Did you see the scars on Ai-san’s body?
No…Given how laced her body was with injury, you must have seen.
We can be certain those injuries were caused by some member of her family.
…I do not care if it is a guess. Who do you think caused those wounds?
p15: ============================== …I don’t know. Nor do I want to guess.
Ai-chan herself said she’d fallen and hurt herself, so I thought to take her at her word.
…
…Then I shall change the question.
If there were someone who would harm Ai-san in such a way, what thoughts would you have regarding the person?
p16: ============================== That I’d make them pay. If such a person were out there somewhere, I’d kill them myself.
…
…Excuse us. / Would you mind if we stood up for a second? [sfx: Stand]
p17: ============================== What did you think of her reaction? Well…
Though it was certainly faint, / I felt something like the seed of a motive.
Saeko has no children of her own; she adores Ai, her niece, like a daughter. / At some point, she learned that Ai had suffered abuse at the hands of a family member. Enraged, Saeko used Ai’s body to murder her entire family. And then she took Ai into her house and made the girl her true daughter.
…Maybe it’s like that? The reasoning does seem pretty far-fetched, but if Saeko continued to live and act normally when X was inside Ai, it would mean two X’s would exist at the same time.
So it really would be impossible. However, there’s a way to make it possible:
p18: ============================== Using a Cross Ability.
Hmm… Sachi did say there existed two personalities inside Ai. [flashback] { There’s two people inside Ai…!
Oh my. / It seems I’ve been discovered. Wow, so that’s your Cross Ability. }
[diagram] { Ai’s body, with Saeko inside her Cross Ability used While leaving half her spirit inside Ai, she returns to her own body. } For instance, suppose the Cross Ability within Ai’s body / is the ability to partition her mind and place part of it inside another.
I get it… That might be able to pull it off. X did say they found Ai’s ability extremely advantageous.
It’s a bit of a convenient explanation… / but if we consider her distinctive trait of having two personalities in one body, I don’t think it’s impossible.
p19: ============================== …Furthermore, even if Saeko isn’t X, there’s something I’m extremely curious about.
I’m certain she’s hiding something about the incident.
[sfx]: Nod
Time to gamble—it’s all or nothing! Yeah. She’s worth using the ability on.
What is the meaning of this?! [sfx]: Wiggle I’m sorry. [sfx]: Bow We had to do this, just in case you turn out to actually be X.
If we’re wrong, I’ll apologize then. [sfx]: Slide
Cross Ability: / Professional Police (The Fallen Shin-san)!
p21: ============================== Okay. / Now, what do I ask first? She has the right to remain silent to one of the three questions, so we have to choose deliberately.
…Hmm… For starters, the thing we most want to learn is obvious, so until that becomes clear, let’s ask questions along that line.
…Then let’s start by asking her straight-up.
Are you X?
p22: ============================== I choose not to answer.
She immediately invoked her right to silence… which means she’s X? Wait. Sometimes, a person affected with this ability will use her right to silence when she doesn’t really understand the question. / So let’s change how we ask and make absolutely certain.
…Okay, then our second question will be this:
Tell us everything you know about X.
p23: ============================== …I… do not know anything. !!
If she doesn’t know anything, / then that means she can no longer be X? …Yeah.
Given the way she said it, it might be best to assume she hasn’t even heard of X. / Given that, we need to use our final question to pull out whatever it is she’s hiding.
…In that case, tell us everything that you’re hiding / regarding the murders of the Kirishima Family.
p24: ============================== It’s all Sachi-kun’s fault. My brother was always so gentle, but when Sachi-kun made him mad, he became someone else entirely. Your brother—you mean Sachi’s father?
All of that must have happened because he was such an awful child!
If he weren’t, my brother never would have resorted to blows! Huh…? He punched not Ai, but Sachi?
p25: ============================== I didn’t know how to handle Sachi, either. / I never had any idea what was going through his head, and he would look at me like he could see straight through me.
After spending enough time with a kid like that, / anyone would go crazy.
But the most pitiful one of all was Ai-chan.
She really is such a kind an honest girl; / I can only assume she was brainwashed or something. “Brainwashed”?
p26: ============================== I mean, completely out of the blue, she told her brother Sachi-kun that she truly loved him.
[sidebar]: What happened within the Kirishima Family?! https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/42086[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 17 by Dowolf2015-12-03T05:04:13+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 17
Furthermore, he left a letter addressed to you, Kamiya Hiroki-kun, in his room. I wasn’t sure if I should give this to you, but we couldn’t make heads or tails out of it.
[sfx]: Rustle…
--Dear Hiroki,
I’ve figured out who X is. The one who took the person you held dear…
p2: ========================================== is someone you have met before. [insert]: The shocking message spelled out in Sachi’s letter‼ Midnight Cross Method Story / Yamaguchi Mikoto Art / BAREISHO #17: Murder Researcher
p3: ========================================== Does that mean… X is someone I know?!
Were you able to understand the contents of the letter?
Did you perhaps figure out where Kirishima Sachi went? / And who is this “X” person? W-Well…
Shoot… If I say the wrong thing, he’ll wind up investigating me, and then they might find my sister. But even so, I don’t think I’ll get to go home just by staying silent.
They are key witnesses in the case of the murder of the Kirishima family; I will take them into my custody. Uh, but…
Of course, should our conversation lead to me learning Kirishima Sachi’s whereabouts, I will convey the information to you immediately. However, I’ve heard that your interrogations can be somewhat… forceful.
p5: ========================================== Are you saying that you can’t trust me? [sfx]: Glare
N-No. I understand. / I’ll let you handle them. [sfx]: Bow Thank you very much.
[sfx]: Spin Now, shall we go?
What do I do? At this rate, she’s going to give me a real interrogation. A particularly forceful one, at that.
No, there’s nothing doing. She’s got her back to me, but she’s not leaving any openings.
[sfx]: Click We’re here. / Enter, please.
p6: ========================================== Oh! / It would seem you managed to extract them wonderfully! [sfx]: Kah x3 Then I made the right choice by coming to Mitsumune-kun / when I learned that Kirishima Sachi had made his escape.
You’re… Class Rep’s grandpa?
Argh! / I was wondering why you showed up, You-san. Apologies for the surprise, Shion-san.
p7: ========================================== I am Mitsumune You of the Metropolitan Police First Investigative Unit. / I’m the investigator in charge of the murder of the Kirishima family, which I’m sure you’re all familiar with. An’no Shin’ichirou-san is the man who pounded into my head the ABCs of detective work. My master, if you will.
Wow, she’s cool.
Aww, you’d call me that, when you’re such an exemplary detective? I’ll blush! [sfx]: Hop x23 Oh, but it’s the truth, Master ♡! ……
Excuse me. / Back to the topic at hand. Oh, she’s a weirdo. [sfx]: Glint!
p8: ========================================== I’ve never seen a more ghastly crime scene than that of the murder of the Kirishima Family. The wounds the on the bodies looked like they came less from grudges and more from gruesome curiosity.
Since Kirishima Sachi confessed soon after his arrest, That is correct. the investigation advanced in that direction.
However, I intuitively felt that there was something off with his words and actions.
p9: ========================================== Nevertheless, the simple hunch of a crime scene investigator… isn’t enough of a pretext to conduct an investigation that goes against my superiors’ judgements.
And so I went to Shin-san, who had once taught me to never ignore a detective’s hunch that something was off, / and requested his assistance.
…And so, what did you find? / Did Kirishima Sachi murder them?
Hmm…
I suspect that Kamiya-kun over there would know more about the matter than I. !
p10: ========================================== Sachi wasn’t the culprit.
Do you have any evidence to back that claim?
Or, perhaps, do you know who the true culprit is? ……..
In order to prove that Sachi isn’t the culprit, I’d have to explain about body swapping. [sfx]: Clench But is it okay to tell her about that?
That was quite the lengthy silence. / Which makes me pretty suspicious.
p11: ========================================== Please wait, You-san! / To say any more would violate confidentiality with regards to another case we’re pursuing! [sfx]: Jump!
Kamiya-kun is assisting us, so…
There are times when an investigator’s duty to help the police trumps her duty to maintain confidentiality.
I know that. / Normally, you’d be right.
However, this case isn’t normal. / It’s filled with elements making it impossible for the police—no, for [the law itself to be able to handle it.
Do you think that explanation would be enough to sway me?
p12: ========================================== For the time being, couldn’t you simply be satisfied with what we have to say, You-chan? [sfx]: Hop! Okay! ♡ / I’m satisfied! ♡
Excuse me. / I let my emotions get the better of me.
At any rate, I don’t have the time to carefully interrogate you. Right now, our top priority is to arrest Kirishima Sachi, since he is on the lam.
Do I have your understanding on that point? [sfx]: Nod
In that case, would you have any clue where he’s headed? …
p13: ========================================== The only place that comes to mind is that he’s heading to Kirishima Ai.
I see. The sister… That would be possible. But she, too, is currently missing.
…
For now, our only choice is to thoroughly investigate any places he’d likely try to hide.
With that, I’ll be going. Then we’ll be heading home, too!
p14: ========================================== That will not do. [sfx]: Swing! I cannot allow you to leave this place.
Shin-san and Shion-san are one thing,
but you two are key witnesses regarding the incident. You’ll have to stay. …But you can’t!
Even if we are key witnesses, that doesn’t give you the right to confine us!
p15: ========================================== Should the need arise, I can place you under suspicion for being accomplices in Kirishima Sachi’s escape.
The fact is, / I’ve received information saying you’ve had a number of meetings with the man.
Should you become suspects, everything about you will be investigated. I can’t let that happen.
……… Then it seems I have your understanding.
Now then. Please call for me if you happen to remember anything. [sfx]: Slam!
p16: ========================================== Apologies. / Ultimately, you were confined all the same.
Shit… Not this, not now!!
Kamiya-kun, could I see the letter from Kirishima? Oh, sure.
! …Wait… / X is someone you know, Kamiya-kun?
If he knows it’s someone we know, why didn’t that idiot just write their name?! Maybe he thought that, if he wrote their name, the police would confiscate the letter as a clue.
p17: ========================================== Perhaps… / the man himself had his own reasons for writing no more than that.
I don’t have any clear ideas, not yet, but something about X’s true identity must have been enough to make Sachi escape from prison.
Who could X be? Who would make him panic that badly?!
And it’s someone I know, to boot?
Shit… And now’s the time when I can’t move about?!
p18: ========================================== [sign]: 24-hour Internet and Comic/Games
Well? Can you access it? [sfx]: Rat-a-tat-tat Yes. At least, so long as the site hasn’t been shut down.
p19: ========================================== ! …Here it is. “Twilight,” the novel upload site.
Its original purpose was for authors to upload their self-written novels… *Rat-a-tat* / *Rat-a-tat*
But after a certain point, a user appeared. He called himself “Murder Researcher.” / And he literally did just that: he uploaded stories based on murder methods he himself had researched. [sfx]: Rat-a-tat-tat
They’d be about / the most gruesome killings, or the cruelest ways to trample another’s heart. / …There was nothing more to them than that.
p20: ========================================== Yet here, they found overwhelming popularity.
Ever since, only his ilk have gathered here, and Twilight turned to darkness.
If this site is still around, then surely, so is that… *rat-a-tat* *rat-a-tat*
*rat-a-tat* *rat-a-tat*
p21: ========================================== …Here it is. The title… is “How to Murder a Happy Family.”
And what about the contents? …It looks like I was right.
p22: ========================================== X is indeed the Murder Researcher.
The text in this story matches exactly with how my family was murdered.
What’s the matter? Sorry, but could you summon Mitsumune-kun for us?
[sfx]: Step x2
Has he decided to talk?
p24: ========================================== Well… We tried to convince him, but he’s a stubborn one all right.
He’s of a mind to spend this whole day in silence, I’d say.
Sorry to bother you, but we were hoping you’d let us go for the nonce. / There’s work left waiting to do. Yes, of course.
By the way, any progress regarding Kirishima? No. We haven’t gotten any promising leads.
However, the higher-ups must be nervous wrecks over this case. ?
p25: ========================================== When we find Kirishima Sachi, should apprehending him prove difficult… we’ve been licensed to shoot. [sfx]” Slide
…He’s still a kid. And a heinous murderer. They must’ve judged that to be more important than his age.
…At least, that’s the official word. / But they let that “heinous murderer” escape. I’d say they want cover that up before their blunder makes the news. If they kill him, they can pass it off as suicide committed within the detention center.
That is the one thing we must avoid. [sfx]: Step x3 …Yes, it is.
p26: ========================================== With that, I have to be going. [sfx]: Bow Ah. Please contact us should anything happen.
There’s no time. We have to hurry,
Kamiya-kun! [insert]: How will these two deal with this tense crisis?! Yeah… / We have to find Sachi before the police do!
https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/42029[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 16 by Dowolf2015-11-13T17:02:13+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 16
p1: ============================= Let’s hurry with the purr-suit of X! <3
Story / Yamaguchi Mikoto Art / BAREISHO #16: United Front
Then switch back to your actual bodies right now!! / Then we can talk!! O-Okay!!
p6: ============================= …Ummm, basically, the person who came to my rescue at the party, Aono Shin-san,
was you, Class Rep, / inside your grandfather’s body? [insert]: Don’t call me “Class Rep.” That’s right.
…In the first place, “Aono Shin” was just a random rearrangement of “An’no Shion.” [chart, top line]: A o no shi n [chart, bottom line]: A n no shi o n [insert]: There’s two ‘n’s in my name, so I skipped the second. Oh, you’re right.
…So Class Rep, you’re a high school girl detective? That’s right!
p7: ============================= Pfft. [aside]: “High School Girl Detective”? Stop laughing!!
This is my grandfather, An’no Shin’ichirou. A former police detective, he currently works as a private eye. / Originally, I was his assistant. [sfx]: Bow
However! [sfx]: Snap! Now, I’m the fantastic High School Girl Detective Shion-chan!!
…So you are the real McCoy. The idol Mikuriya Mikuni, in the flesh.
…How did you two meet? / It’s rare to see someone swap bodies with a member of the opposite sex who isn’t a family member.
Mikuni here / doesn’t hab a cwue. ✧ [sfx]: Sparkle
p9: ============================= Oh, I see. / So the pop idol Mikuriya Mikuni has a fetish for lending men her own body. Lemme write that down. HEY!!!
[sfx]: Spark x3 [insert]: Now, now.
Let’s get back on track! / Class Rep, why are you chasing after X? [sfx]: Oooh…
…Because we were requested to, of course. / Simply put, this is an undercover investigation as private eyes. [sfx]: Tighten! Rather, I would like to know why you are chasing after X.
You told me before that someone had harmed that which you held dear. Does that have anything to do with it? If so, just what was harmed?
p10: ============================= …I can’t tell you that. Why not?! / Aren’t we after the same thing? If so, you should work with us.
There’s still more I have to do. [insert]: I can’t let myself be arrested. Not yet.
…What are you trying to say?
…I’m sorry. I can’t tell you. [sfx]: Clench Moreover, though I know it’s selfish for me to ask…
p11: ============================= I’d like you to tell me everything you know. / There’s not much time left for me.
…Okay. We’ll tell you everything we know. [sfx]: Sigh. The person who requested our services did give us license to do whatever necessary to capture X.
…Besides, I trust you, Kamiya-kun.
…Sorry.
…
Is that all right, Grampa? Right now, you’re the boss. / I’ll follow your judgment.
p12: ============================= First, we were commissioned to capture X, who was using body swapping to commit countless crimes.
Of course, we didn’t immediately believe such an insane story, / but once we were given these… Those are—
These made clear that body switching was at least possible, but honestly? I wasn’t sure if we should undertake this request. / There was so much we didn’t know.
Yet we did know that X was deeply connected with the subject of our original investigation.
p13: ============================= Specifically, our investigation of the homicide of the Kirishima Family.
There’s a number of open mysteries regarding that case / and the police requested my grandpa’s assistance. …And that’s why you swapped bodies and participated in the Cross Act?
That’s right. / Though technically speaking, it was Grandpa, not me, who participated. Was that the same Cross Act I participated in? What were you hoping to uncover by participating?
Well, we’d received information that X would be participating in that Cross Act. !!
p14: ============================= X participated? You’re certain?
Absolutely. / Why? Because I swapped into the body of Kirishima Ai herself!
Later, we established that he chiefly used her body. …We’ve confirmed that info ourselves.
Couldn’t you have captured her while you were in your body, or something? Again, we learned she was connected with X after the event!
D-Do you know anyone else who participated in that Cross Act? [sfx]: Mngh.
p15: ============================= We know one. / The person who swapped into Grampa’s body. [sfx]: Nod
Since X could have swapped into Grampa’s body, / we tied him up beforehand. And then? Who swapped in?
…Let me check… [sfx]: Flip Furuyanagi Kou, 86, male.
He’s lost all freedom in life, and is bedridden most days.
He’s bedridden? Sachi said the person he entered was probably a patient, could barely move about, and was an adult male.
p16: ============================= W-Wait one second. I’d like a second to think this through.
If he’s the person whose body Kirishima entered… [box]: Cross Act participants, 8 total [upper left]: Two people remaining—did they switch with each other? [left side]: The identity of “Y,” who participated in the Midnight Cross Method. [counterclockwise, from top]: Furuyanagi Kou / An’no Shin’ichirou / Kirishima Ai (X) / Kamiya Hiroki / Mikuriya Mikuni / Kirishima Sachi
…Then my sister’s murderer really is…
…
p17: ============================= Could it be? Did you also participate in that Cross Act? !
And, at that time, X hurt something you hold dear?
… Looks like I hit the nail on the head.
If there’s parts you don’t want to talk about, that’s fine. But if you’re running out of time, shouldn’t you cooperate with us on whatever you can?
…
p18: ============================= You’re right. / I participated, too.
Can I borrow your notebook for a sec? …Sure. [sfx]: Slide
[sfx]: Scratch x2
Look here.
[counter-clockwise, from top]: Furuyanagi Kou / An’no Shin’ichirou / Kirishima Ai (X) / Kamiya Hiroki / Mikuriya Mikuni / Kirishima Sachi I combined everything you’ve just told us with what we already know. / Though there are a few things I’m not certain of.
p19: ============================= I see… During that event, Kamiya-kun, you entered Mikuni-san’s body. Mikuni-san entered Kirishima Sachi’s… That would be Kirishima Ai’s brother, right?
And he went on to enter Furuyanagi Kou’s. Furuyanagi Kou went to my grandpa’s, and Grandpa’s went to Kirishima Ai’s.
Finally, Kirishima Ai—or rather, X—went to Kamiya-kun’s.
p20: ============================= It was then, right? When he hurt your precious thing.
Yes. That was when he…
Remember what I said? You don’t have to force yourself to say anything. [sfx]: Press…
I can see in your eyes… [sfx]: Step
how much pain you’re in.
…I am your childhood friend, after all.
p21: ============================= Let’s support each other every way we can, and catch X together!
…Thank you, Class Rep.
It’s a class rep’s job to save a classmate in need.
p22: ============================= By the day, miss Class Rep, / are you just going to overlook how your super-duper precious first kiss was stolen from you? [sfx]: Bathump
W-Well, that was, umm, a mistake, more or less, so… I mean, these things happen, right? [sfx]: Grin Really? Weren’t you trying to track the culprit down in order to kill him?
But even though you were that angry, there’s certain people you’d be willing to forgive. I-I mean, I’m not—that’s not what I’m saying!
[sfx]: Sparks X participated in the Cross Act that day—that’s a huge new piece of information.
But in the end, so long as we don’t know X’s hideout, there’s nothing we can do. / Do you know anything, any clues at all? Hmm… A clue, you say?
p23: ============================= Perhaps going to meet our employer would be a wise course of action. / He is the most knowledgeable person with regards to swapping bodies.
After all, he was the first person to ever swap bodies.
…Do you have a picture of him, or something?
Oh, / then would you look at this?
…It’s her? The girl? No, not her. The one below her.
Huh…? You mean…
p24: ============================= That stuffed animal?
The next day Everything you told us yesterday was true, right?
I can’t believe that our client and Kirishima Sachi’s collaborator are one and the same. I’m all but certain.
Sachi told us that his collaborator was the first person to swap bodies, and the photo you showed us resembled Sachi’s drawing... more or less.
p25: ============================= Oh, I figured you kids were the ones to ask for a meeting.
…Sorry, but I can’t let you talk to Kirishima Sachi. ?! / Why not? Before, you said we could so long as we stuck to visiting hours.
… / This is just between us, but right now, it isn’t possible for you to meet him. …What’s that supposed to mean? You see…
p26: ============================= How does it feel, walking around the free world in your own body once more? Different. Really, truly different.
Now then, shall we go? Yes, let’s. / Now that we know X’s true identity, it’s time for me to settle everything.
Kirishima Sachi escaped prison. [insert]: What’s X’s true identity?! https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/41870[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 15 by Dowolf2015-10-11T03:00:21+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 15
p1: ======================================== [insert]: She’s surprisingly good at sports❤ #15: After-school Simultaneous Equations
p2: ======================================== Of course. / If we meet, I’ll make sure to kill that person. I’ve already lost two things dear to me; vengeance is my right.
“Kill”…?! …You… You’re kidding… Is there really something going on with you, Class Rep?
p3: ======================================== …That’s right… You’re already fairly certain where they are, right? Then let’s… when we meet them face-to-face in two days.
What’s she saying? I can’t quite make it out… [sfx]: Scooch
*Crunch* !!
Who’s there?! Shoot!!
There’s… There’s nowhere to hide! Do I risk it all and run…?
Kamiya..kun?! H-Hey, Class Rep. I… I can’t escape!
I have to pull this off, and somehow get the information from her!!
p5: ======================================== Kamiya-kun, what are you doing out here?
Well… You seemed out of it when you said hello this morning, and I was worried, so…
I… I did? She’s a bit shaken…? Uh, well, maybe I was just imagining things, or…
Hey, don’t tell me you overheard me talking on the phone just now?
? / You were on the phone? [insert]: ? It’s nothing. Never mind. If she’s asking me that, she must’ve not wanted to be overheard.
…Class R—An’no-san, / you really do seem out of it. Are you worried about something? ! / Wh-Where’d that come from?! Since when have you been concerned about m—
p6: ======================================== Weren’t you kind to me earlier?
Y-You mean back then? [flashback]: { Don’t think you can just say whatever and fool me! We always seem to wind up together, so I’ve known you for a long time.
[upper left]: So… / umm… Don’t cry?
[bottom]: D-Don’t worry about it! / I mean, I… I’m the class representative, right?! } But that wasn’t really anything special…
You talking to me then / really saved my life. So… You know.
This time, I was hoping I could help you.
p7: ======================================== I’m sorry, but I can’t talk about it yet.
But when it’s all over, I promise I’ll explain. / Don’t worry. It won’t take that long.
[sfx]: Fwah And then I’ll give you…
A proper apology.
…
…An apology?
p8: ======================================== An apology for what? …It’s almost like…
Like Class Rep did something for which she has to apologize to me.
Dammit… [sfx]: Sigh
Letting my imagination run wild’s only going to depress me. I should go home and organize my thoughts.
p11: ======================================== [sfx]: Scratch And then… there’s a new participant to add.
Let’s call him “Y.”
We know that Y borrowed An’no Shion’s body to participate in the Midnight Cross Method. Which means…
The simplest explanation is that Y and An’no Shion know each other. [paper, above the equals]: Know each other [paper, under An’no]: An’no Shion [sfx]: Scratch
And additionally, she was willing to switch bodies with the person. That means they must be close friends.
p12: ======================================== I can’t deny the possibility that she was forced to exchange bodies with someone… [sfx]: Mngh!
[background]: National Judo Bronze Medalist But it’s hard to imagine her, of all people, being forced to do anything. [sfx]: Blam!
In which case, Class Rep must have a dark side, one I know nothing of.
And I got a glimpse of that during the phone conversation I listened in on today. I’ll make sure to kill. Vengeance is my right. fairly certain where they are Then let’s… in two days
Then there’s the last thing she said to me: And then I’ll give you a proper apology
p24: ======================================== …You… You’re the Mikuni-san from back then?
p25: ======================================== Why’s she know my name? Because I’m an idol? No—her reaction didn’t give that sort of impression. But why, then?
…Why are you here?
Wait—are you the same person inside as during that party?
“Party”? Could she be talking about the Midnight Cross Method?!
What do I do? At this rate, she’ll capture me. Mikuriya, where are you?! This would be a really great time for you to show up!
Shion, I’ve got him!! L-Let go of me, old man!!
p26: ======================================== This here… [sfx]: Wrench! is the man who stole your precious panties!!
Y-You’re… / Aono Shin-san?!
[insert]: A fated reunion?! Mm?
https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/41743[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 14 by Dowolf2015-09-04T16:16:41+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 14
p1: ================================== The Midnight Cross Method: / An obscene festival of debauchery that participants attend while inside another’s body. [sfx]: Munch [flashback]: Next, / Mikuni-chan will— [flashback]: Pour water down her clothes! [sfx]: Shiver
The Cross Act: / A game where eight people simultaneously swap bodies at random for two hours. Intended to satisfy one’s desire to become someone else… Allegedly.
…And you’re saying that she, of all people, / participated in that? Hey… / You’re certain it’s her, right?
p2: ================================== Yeah. There’s no mistaking it.
Someone used her body to participate in the Midnight Cross Method. / …She wouldn’t happen to be a friend of yours? She’s An’no Shion, a classmate— / no, a childhood friend, I guess.
p3: ================================== [chalkboard]: Congrats!! [vertical text]: Long ago, the two of them / were jumprope rivals. Midnight Cross Method Story / Yamaguchi Mikoto Art: BAREISHO #14: The Dark Side of the Girl on my Mind
p4: ================================== A childhood friend? / Then I take it you’re pretty close. [insert]: Oh, go ahead! / It’s on the house!! In that case, there’s no need to hold back. Just go and call out to her.
No… Wait. [sfx]: Grab
The An’no Shion I know…
isn’t the kind of person who’d participate in the Midnight Cross Method. Ten years ago… What are you guys doing?!!
p5: ================================== In the past, I was a small kid and got bullied a lot. [sfx]: Ooh / Ooh / Scuff The person who always saved me back then…
was An’no Shion. Listen, you! Ganging up to pick on the weak is what cowards do!!
She’s here! The pro-wrestling girl!! / Run! Run! Or she’ll throw us!! [insert]: The girl wrestler!! / You butch!! I’m not a pro wrestler! I told you, it’s judo!!
Those guys are just…!!
Kamiya-kun, are you all right?
p6: ================================== Sorry you always have to do this, Class Rep. [sfx]: Sniff
Don’t worry about it. Wh-What sort of Class Representative wouldn’t do this much?
She was a serious girl with a strong sense of justice. She hated anything crooked. / I’d never known her as anything except the class representative, so before we knew it, that even became her nickname: Class Rep.
Someone like her would never get her hands into something as screwed-up as switching bodies!!
p7: ================================== Well sorry that I’m the kind of girl who gets involved in screwed-up things! Oh… Sorry.
Hey, I’m enjoying this story, so tell me more about what you and her used to get up to. / If she’s your classmate, then there’s no need to tail her immediately, right? [sfx]: Grin Huh?
Well… there’s something more important I have to think about right now… [sfx]: Nervous
Quit your bitching and get with the story. [sfx]: Ngh [insert]: What’s that girl to you?! O-Okay…
…Well, with all of that, [bubble]: Kamiya-kun, I’ll stay by your side so you don’t get bullied. Class Rep and I wound up together a lot.
p8: ================================== We spent years like that, until… Hey, Class Rep? What?
If I worked hard, could I become strong like you? Oh, so you want to become strong, too.
And that’s so you don’t get bullied, I take it?
…Mm-mm. If I’m weak, I can’t protect the person I care about, right?
You’re talking about… …I see.
p9: ================================== Oh. / Then maybe I’ll… I’ll teach you judo. !
Really?! [sfx]: Pah! Y-Yeah.
All right! / Thanks, Class Rep!!
Hiroki! [sfx]: Step
p10: ================================== Wow, so you want to get stronger.
In that case, I’ll train you!
Wh-Who are you?! She’s my sister. Huh?
So let’s head straight home and start training! Huh…? Please, wait. I’m going to train Kamiya-kun! [sfx]: Run
Wouldn’t the most effective plan be for the strongest person to train him, Miss Class Rep?
Let’s go, Hiroki. [insert]: Bye-bye! …
After that, we wound up in different classes, so she and I didn’t talk as much.
We weren’t in the same class together again until the last year of middle school.
p12: ================================== Class Rep! …Kamiya-kun?
Long time no see. We’re in the same class. …Yeah.
p13: ================================== Kamiya-kun, want to head home together? Sorry, but I have club practice today.
In that case… Can I go watch?
[sfx]: Strap! / Vmm! / Snap!
…
p14: ================================== Wow… What a surprise.
You’re a completely different person from the kid who used to get bullied. A-Am I?
Yeah… I think you’ve become an amazing person. Maybe… even cool.
Hey, before, you said you wanted to become strong to protect the person you cared about, right? / Just who were you talking about? Oh…
She’s someone who’s been by my side since long ago… ! Everyone around her thinks she’s strong, but she’s actually delicate.
Huh… Huh? / You don’t mean—?!
p15: ================================== Yeah. / My sister.
…
Oh, I see!! Huh? Class Rep, what’s wrong? You look upset… [sfx]: Stomp
Hey, Class Rep?! Don’t call me Class Rep, / you sister-lover!!!
p16: ================================== Ever since then, / while I wouldn’t say we’ve been at each other’s throats, we’ve been kind of distant, though I can’t figure out why.
…Wait. / What’s that look for? [sfx]: Giggle / Blech.
You really are the greatest, Hiroki. Huh? [sfx]: Thumbs-up!
You… You sister-lover!! [sfx]: Keh.
p17: ================================== But nevertheless, while that might have seemed like a waste of time, it let me figure out something interesting. ?
An’no Shion had a reason to swap bodies. No… That’s not quite right. To be more accurate…
An’no Shion had a motive to murder your sister.
p18: ================================== Hey, has she said anything about your sister lately? I can’t really think of anyth— ----!!
I mean, you know… Your sister’s holed herself up in her room for a long time now, right?
For instance, tell her, “Because of you I have to put up with so much!” or… “You’re a burden on our family!” How about that? / Or maybe… “Life would be so much easier if you were gone”!
…
She did, didn’t she? Yeah, but the things she said weren’t on the level of killing her.
…However, at the very least, she didn’t think well of your sister, right? …W-Well…
p19: ================================== Listen close: Right now, there’s three things we know for certain. / First, An’no Shion leant her body to someone for the Midnight Cross Method last night. [bottom box]: Midnight Cross Method [diagram]: The fourth participant [second, leftmost box]: Cross Act Second, that very someone who borrowed her body also participated in the same Cross Act as us.
Third, An’no had a motive, however slight, to kill your sister.
Hiroki, what do those three things make you think? / Doesn’t something smell fishy? …But my sister’s killer has to be X!
No. At most, X confessed to murdering my family. [flashback]: { Who knows? I haven’t the foggiest who is inside there, but… If you held such an Aspiration, the possibility may be quite high. } Though X did imply they might have committed the crime.
p20: ================================== For the moment, we should perform a thorough investigation / of this An’no Shion character…
as a suspect in the murder of your sister.
… /…Okay. [sfx]: Clench
p21: ================================== However, / I’m doing that investigation by myself.
If you’re working solo, wouldn’t it be quickest to use Mikuni’s Cross Ability? Sorry, but I have to head home for today.
I don’t think I’ll be able to get another block of time to myself until three days from now. Oh… In that case, we’ll consider that our last resort.
Your goal over the next two days is to find out as much about An’no as you can. …Yeah.
p22: ================================== The next day Morning. Good morning.
Morning, / An’no-san.
Huh…? Oh. / …Yeah. Morning, Kamiya-kun.
I said I’d investigate Class Rep, but…
p23: ================================== [board]: Class Trip
I still can’t see her as anything other than a hardworking and decent human being.
?
Huh? Why’s she come here, to this empty place?
p24: ================================== Huh…? Oh, a phone call. …Hello? Yeah… Right now… / …And what about your end?
Who’s she speaking with?
Of course. / If we meet, I’ll make sure to kill that person. I’ve already lost two things dear to me; vengeance is my right.
[sidebar]: So she really is--? “Kill”…?! …You… You’re kidding… Is there really something going on with you, Class Rep?
https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/41573[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 13 by Dowolf2015-07-29T12:22:18+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMayonaka no X Giten 13
p1: =============================== There’s two people left who could potentially be X. Isn’t there some deciding factor?
…That’s right! Come to think of it, at that moment, X…
p2: =============================== [insert, pink]: One of these / is X!! [red bar]: Thanks to our popularity, we get a center color! Midnight Cross Method Story: Yamaguchi Mikoto / Art: BAREISHO #13: X’s True Identity
p3: =============================== I’ve got it. / I know the person most likely to be X!! [insert]: Oh! You succeeded?!
Then who is it?! That person… / is the only one here, besides myself—
p4: =============================== Hey, you two. / What’ve you been whispering away about? [sfx]: Stand!
…
p5: =============================== You know, we’re all participating in the Midnight Cross Method so we can have all sorts of “fun.”
But it looks to me like you’re here for an entirely different reason. [insert]: This feeling in the air… This is bad.
For goodness’ sake! You can’t blame me for being unamused, not after what you did. [sfx]: Glare
…Everyone has their own way of having fun. [insert]: Ahaha… And the freedom to do that, too, is the real thrill of this party? …I guess?
Heh heh… There is that. The real thrill of these parties is forgetting everything and doing whatever and whoever you want.
You heard what she said, boys. [sfx]: Snap!
p6: =============================== Let’s all enjoy our remaining time as we please: by fucking your brains out! I-I’m gonna blow! Wha?! [sfx]: Grab!
Hey, you cute thing. You’re a boy on the inside, aren’t you?
[sfx]: Prod… And you’re in the body of a virgin, eh?
In my experience, / there’s no greater combination than a man’s soul in a virgin’s body.❤
p7: =============================== I don’t know why, but a man’s soul, compared to a woman’s, is far more sensitive to all stimulations. [sfx]: Boing♡ [sfx]: Twitch! Mn?!
In other words, once we’ve fucked you crazy… [sfx]: Lick [sfx]: Twitch Your screams will be the sweetest. ❤
Now then, Iida-kun. Give her a taste of your wonderful cock! [sfx]: Stare It’s such an honor, getting to be your first…
R-Really? You want to be rough…?
p8-9: =============================== Because that’s what I’m best at!
…In the end, it came down to force. Well… Even so, that made things perfectly clear. ?
I had narrowed things down to two candidates, / one of whom was him. I see… Yes, X would never do something that idiotic.
…Which means / only one person is left.
p14: =============================== So, this girl is the most plausible candidate?
Yes… Helen.
p15: =============================== I thought back on when I first met X. [bg: Very, very covered up >_>]
[bg] { Enough lies. My sister is right-handed. Your sister…? What a surprise. / Then inside that body would be Ai’s brother, I presume? }
And then I recalled the conversation she had with Kirishima.
X is left-handed!
Excluding me, the only left-handed person here… [bg]: { Well, pull yourself back together for the next round. So then, Cap-kun, here’s the last straw. [sfx]: Draw x3 } is Helen.
I get it… If that’s true, it’s worth betting on, eh? Right? [sfx]: Nod
p16: =============================== Please don’t resist. I wouldn’t want to injure a child’s body. [sfx]: Slowly
CROSS ABILITY: / PROFESSIONAL POLICE. <alt text: Shin-san the Fallen >
My power forces the person I touch to answer three questions. Wow…
However, on top of only being able to use it once per day, / she can remain silent for one of the three questions. And I cannot ask the same question twice, so I have to pick my questions deliberately.
p17: =============================== As for the first question… Yeah. / What is your Cross Ability?
Escapism: The joy of not knowing. I can empty my head and control my own emotions and feelings. It lets me forget all the bad stuff and escape from reality. …I get it… So that’s why I didn’t see anything when I peeked into her heart.
So then, question two. Who are you?
I will remain silent. Heh heh… Used that up here, eh?
Then for the final question: / Are you X, the person we’re searching for? [sfx]: Gulp
…
p18: =============================== No, I am not.
Hey, can we really trust that ability of yours?! ? How rude! There’s no way it’s wrong!!
I-In that case, / everything we’ve done… [sfx]: Twitch x2 Was it all for nothing?
…Hmm.
It seems X must have been in the other room.
p20: =============================== Our ship has just now docked at port. Would each guest please disembark one at a time, in two-minute intervals?
I guess what we can take home from this is that he wasn’t in this room? Well… Yeah, that’s true…
Then I’ll go on ahead. / You’re going to get changed, right? Oh…! / Thank you for all of your help.
Don’t worry about it. Our goals simply happened to line up. / …However… you know? …?
I think you should stop pursuing X any further.
p21: =============================== Being with you, I thought to myself... You’re in danger. / Stay involved, and you’ll scar either yourself… or the one you hold dear.
I’ve… already been scarred. Huh?
The most important thing to me has already been scarred. So there is no way I can back down, not now!
…I see… / Then try to be more careful. [sfx]: Poke You do seem like a good person.
p22: =============================== If anything happened to you, I’m sure you’d break someone’s heart.
Yeah… I know.
So… Take care. Though I doubt we’ll ever meet again.
p23: =============================== Please watch your step.
You know, your clothes and hair look disheveled. Yes, well… I had a lot of valuable experiences in there.
…More importantly, how’d it go? …Unfortunately, X wasn’t in my room.
That’s strange… X wasn’t in my room, either.
……Huh?!
p25: =============================== You’re certain, right?! Yeah… I tried everything I could. / From those results, I think it reasonable to consider he wasn’t there.
Could X have actually been lying from the start? No… Would X go out of his way to invite us to his game, only to do something that dull?
Did we overlook something?
What a pity. [insert]: Hah!
Hey, / the guide—do you remember if he was left-handed?
Well… When we entered, he greeted us by removing his hat with his right hand… / So I guess not? [sfx]: Bow
p26: =============================== No, wait a second!
[sfx]: Beep x3
…We’ve been had! When greeting someone, it’s apparently good manners to always hold your hat in your right hand.
In other words, his dominant hand had nothing to do with that! / …Thinking back, other than his greeting, he did everything with his left hand!! [bg] { Moreover, the very purpose of the Midnight Cross Method is to provide for our guests a single night’s entertainment… where one can remove the unendurably suffocating fetters of the self. Would the one guised as a gentleman proceed through the door on the right, So then, by all means… }
…There’s no doubt. Our guide was X. He can do that?!
p27: =============================== What do we do?! We’re at a dead end! …No, that’s not quite true. …? The truth is, there was someone incredible mixed in with the other participants in my room:
The fourth person to participate in the Cross Act / on the same day we all did.
I-In that case, we can go back to following the body-swapping chain! That’s right.
So? Where’s that person now? I don’t know. / We were all instructed to leave the room separately. You know…!
However, I did acquire a means by which to track her. [sfx]: Rustle Really?!
p28: =============================== Here!
Didn’t you say you had a friend whose Cross Ability would let you track someone down using her underwear? …Wh… What in the world were you doing in there?
p29: =============================== The next day
[sfx]: Sniff x2
This way. Hurry! / After all, this ability has a time limit. [sfx]: Dash [arrow]: By the way
[insert]: Ah x5
There! That’s her.
! …Huh…?
p30: =============================== During the party, she was in the same room as me! [sign]: Our specialty: / Croquettes / Fried [covered by her hair] [vertical row of signs]: Minced meat cakes: 180 yen/pc [sign 2]: Ham Cutlets: 150 yen/pc [sign 3]: Croquettes [Apron]: Nakajima Meats
[sidebar]: Is there a dark side to the Class Rep?! …Class Rep? [arrow]: To be continued in the September issue! https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/41441[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 12 by Dowolf2015-06-26T20:34:11+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 12
p1: =============================== [insert]: Has a hero appeared to save Hiroki in her moment of peril?! Chapter 12: High School Girl Detective Midnight Cross Method Story: Yamaguchi Mikoto / Art: BAREISHO
p2: =============================== The high school girl detective… / Aono Shin?
Yes. I am after the monster known as X. ?!
So am I… I’m searching for X, too! !
p3: =============================== I see… / So, while you switched bodies, your family member was…
I’ve been chasing after the culprit ever since… Wait— Wait one second! Do you properly understand your current scenario? ?
Both you and I came here relying strictly on the information that X was at this party. / Or to turn that around, we have no other information. In other words…
There’s a possibility that I am X.
And yet you discussed yourself so easily? …
p4: =============================== No… / I don’t think you’re X.
On what basis?
I mean, if you were X, you surely wouldn’t have interrupted me to suggest that you might be X.
Even that might be a trap to trick you / and gain your confidence.
If you’re going to say that, then I throw in the towel.
I don’t have your powers of insight and deduction. / I could think all I want, but I’d just be jumping at shadows. So I’m just going to believe the fact I see with my own eyes:
p5: =============================== The fact that you’re the one / who saved me in my moment of peril.
I am certain you’re a good person. / The kind who can’t ignore a person in need.
…You remind me of an acquaintance of mine… [insert]: You’re throwing me off my pace.
Well, that said… You seem thickheaded, but straightforward and honest, too. / If you weren’t, such a cute girl as she wouldn’t have leant you her body.
…Girlfriend? Of course not!
[insert]: Achoo!
p6: =============================== Can we get started back up already? / The party’s almost over! [sfx]: Knock x2 A-Apologies. Please wait one minute more.
We no longer seem to have the time to hesitate. / Let us cooperate!
Assuming that X is amongst the four people besides ourselves, / there are two things we must do. [sfx]: Flick
First, we must uncover the Cross Ability used by the one in the cap; or, failing that, avoid it.
That will allow us to snap his king-streak.
The second thing is, of course, to find X!
p7: =============================== …So how do we find X? I figured that I could manage something if I could at least use Silent Confession…
…But I’ve never read X’s heart. Can I make an accurate judgement?
If… If you can narrow down potential suspects for X to one person…
I can determine with 100% certainty if that person is X using my Cross Ability. !
… However, I can only use it once per day. / In other words, the problem is that it’s hard to know where to use it.
…I can probably use my X Ability to help narrow it down. Really?
p8: =============================== Then our plan is obvious. / Use your power to weed out the candidates for X… [sfx]: Scrape
[sfx]: Slowly
[sfx]: Snap And you’ll use your power to determine if he is X.
All that remains is to believe in each other’s powers and overcome this situation! [sfx]: Slide Roger that!!
p9: =============================== [sfx]: Click
Oh. / You’re finally back.
Could we refrain from any more interruptions? / It really kills my enthusiasm. Yes… Our apologies. [insert]: Hoh hoh.
You’re ready too, right, Mikuni-san? No more interruptions from now on. [sfx]: Nod …I understand.
So then, shall we continue on?! [sfx]: Slide
p10: =============================== Could you wait one second?
Garyuuin-san? Didn’t I just said there’d be no more interruptions? No, no. / Remember what I said earlier?
That individual strikes me as clearly having too much luck. / Now see here. I would like to have at least one opportunity to be king.
Let’s make it a rule that whoever was the previous king has to be the last one to draw his lot in the next round. [sfx]: Smile …How does that sound?
I get it… If he’s picking last, even if has the power of clairvoyance, it won’t do Cap any good!
I was keeping a careful eye on him, but Cap didn’t do anything suspicious. So we should be fine…
Who’s the king?!
p12: =============================== S-Sorry. / It’s me again.
…Why?! Did he actually become king by sheer luck this time?!
So then, person number 3 will… No—it’s not luck!
He has to be using some sort of power to pinpoint me…
Kiss the King.
p13: =============================== K… / Kiss?
Oh. Based on that reaction, I’d say our number three is Mikuni-san? …Huh? …Uh, umm…
On the cheek— The lips, of course. [sfx]: Scratch
…What do I do? Let him take my lips? No, I can’t… What if this were Mikuriya’s first kiss?
Mikuriya trusted me when she lent me her body!
Think. Think! There must be some way out of this…!
…
p14: =============================== This is it! Hey… Since we’re getting to play the King’s Game,
How about we kiss… wih dis? [sfx]: Point
Oh! That does sound good. / Given that, you can take your time enjoying the look on Mikuni-san’s face as you kiss. Nice backup, Aono-san!!
I-I see… That might be nice…!
p15: =============================== [sfx]: Amph
[sfx]: Munch
[sfx]: Bite
Just like I thought! I can avoid Cap’s saliva… [sfx]: Bite x2 And he can’t look away!!
[sfx]: Bite x3 …Just five more seconds…
…Four… Three… Two… One…
p16: =============================== Good morning. Morning. Good morning, Sensei. Yes, hello. High school chicks are total angels.
Quit it! You were looking, weren’t you?! It’s fine. I didn’t see anything. / Besides, I’m an adult. I wouldn’t want to look at a child’s underwear. Damn! Why’re you wearing such freaking lewd panties, Shirai?!
Oh, I wanna do it with a high school chick. I want their panties… Their nails… But the best high school chick in history is Miku-Miku.
p17: =============================== …Sensei?
?! [sfx]: Twitch *Spit*!
Wow… [sfx]: Munch x2 [sfx]: Swallow I see, I see.
So you’re a schoolteacher. / At a girls’ high school, too…? H-How do you—?!
And furthermore…
p18: =============================== I know… how you’re pulling off this phenomenon!!
My oh my. / Too bad, Cap-san. Well, pull yourself back together for the next round.
Wait! [sfx]: Grab!
I’ll be holding the lots from now on.
p19: =============================== I get it! [sfx]: Grin! So the one using his Cross Ability to control this game wasn’t Cap…
It was Iida!!
Iida’s Cross Ability is the power to make someone draw an arbitrary lot: Perfect Choice. He uses it to ensure Cap draws the King straw every time…
Afterwards, Cap used his Cross Ability, Maniac Community (Locked Message Board), to determine who drew which number. *Maniac Community can only share specific information agreed to by the other party.
I learned all of this information from Cap’s memories… Which means…
These two were cohorts from the start!
p20: =============================== There seems little problem to me. / The game’s more fun if everyone’s on even footing. [sfx]: Pat …
That’s true. [sfx]: Smile Let’s do as you ask.
We’re almost out of time, so let’s all pick our lots at the same time. [sfx]: Grab …Okay.
…This time was purely decided by luck. Please, let me be King…
Then I’ll order everyone to look me in the eyes!
Who’s the king?!!
p21: =============================== ! Shit! I’m not king!! Then who is?! Please! No more Cap!!
Kah kah kah kah! / The king is none other than I! [sfx]: Grin All right!!
Knew you could do it! You made sure to gauge just how long it takes for my ability to activate!
Oh? / Are you sure? However, I ask that you look with the naked eye!
p23: =============================== Well… I don’t particularly mind. [sfx]: Slide
So then? Who’s number 1?
It’s me. Whoa, she’s beautiful.
I just have to look in your eyes for thirty seconds, right?
…3… 2… 1.
p24: =============================== Does it feel good, Husband? ♡ [sfx]: Hah x2 / Boing
Of course I feel amazing, too. ♡ [sfx]: Squirm / Oh! Huh…? You want to know just how good I feel?
p25: =============================== However… Well, I’ve done this and that with other men besides you… …Oh… You like it like that?
In that case, do whatever you like with my body. ♡ After all, your happiness is my joy. ♡
p26: =============================== …What’s wrong? [sfx]: Dizzy N-No. I thought I was gonna get a nosebleed…
Th-That sure was something… But she’s not X… …Though she is a heck of a pervert…
I saw him earlier, so I already know… [sfx]: Fidgeting [sfx]: Thump x3 He’s not X.
How about her next? [sfx]: *Stare*…
[sfx]: Sit
3… 2… 1…
p27: =============================== …What… …What is this?
I can’t see clearly… No; am I seeing it? Is this what’s inside this girl’s heart?
…This might’ve been what Sachi saw, too. For the time being, she’s my top candidate.
p28: =============================== Last… This guy.
But he teamed up with Cap, so isn’t it unlikely that he’s X? He’s probably just…
…Huh…? …That’s strange…
I can’t see even a glimpse of his heart.
No, that’s not it… Silent Confession isn’t activating!!
p29: =============================== Oh, my apologies. / One of my eyes is fake, so I can only half gaze at you. [sfx]: Pop!
!! / Now that you mention it, at the start… Man~… To be honest, last time? In the King’s Game, I was having so much fun I lost my own eye. Do I have to be looking into both eyes for Silent Confession to activate?!
We will be returning to port shortly. / The party shall conclude the moment the boat docks.
Well? Have you narrowed it down? [sfx]: Whisper
…W-Well…
p30: =============================== There’s two candidates left.
I only have one shot—I can’t pick at random… …Isn’t there something? Some deciding factor?
Ah!
…That’s right… Come to think of it, at that moment, X… https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/41334[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 11 by Dowolf2015-05-19T19:56:14+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 11
p1: =========================================== [insert]: A single flower blooming at a party ♡ / (Imp: A man on the inside) Chapter 11: Who’s the King?
p2: =========================================== Huh…? / Umm… What are you doing? [sfx]: Shring What are we doing? Getting ready for the King’s Game.
Man~… To be honest, last time? In the King’s Game, I was having so much fun I lost my own eye.
I had so many things stuck in all of my holes; it was amazing.
What’s the big deal? It’s not like these are our bodies.
p3: =========================================== That’s right. / This Midnight Cross Method exists so we can enjoy things we can’t do in our own bodies.
I… I want… Mikuni-chan’s… nails… [sfx]: Neh heh
Hey, am I… screwed?
p4: =========================================== Umm… Could we slow down here…? No, I can’t do this! I can’t involve Mikuriya’s body in such a dangerous game…
Okay ♡ / So let’s start with our newcomer to the King’s Game, Mikuni-san. Ugh…
…Umm… Huh? What’s wrong?
Don’t tell me you want to stop. [sfx]: Lean
p5: =========================================== …We’re on the water; there’s nowhere to run… If I start whining, I’m in danger of them suspecting me…
In that case… I’ll do every little thing I can to find X… Worst-case scenario, I’ll use force to pull something off.
For starters, if I can wind up as King, there’s no problem at all.
Everyone’s drawn their sticks, right?! Three, two, one! / Who’s the king?
p6: =========================================== I-I’m the king… [stick]: King
Shit… Guess things weren’t going to go that well… And Cap’s the king?
All that’s left is for me to pray that he doesn’t pick my number [stick]: #4
…S-So, the king shall give his order.
p7: =========================================== Number Two…
and Number Four… …Geh!
…Yeah…
p8: =========================================== …They have to wear bunny girl costumes…
p9: =========================================== W-Well, for round one… [sfx]: Pitter-patter
…We should start with this… [sfx]: Ngh
…Y-Yeah, I’m lucky it was only this.
I-Is it supposed to dig into my c…crotch so much?
So, / ready for round two?!
p10: =========================================== I-I’m so lucky; I win again. [stick]: King
Again?!
Next, chicks Number One / and Number Two… Number Two…? Me, again?
T-Take a swig of this. [sfx]: Thump
I just have to drink…? That’s another lucky break… Or is it? Is there something weird in here?
…Oh, so it is fine. [sfx]: Gulp x2 And… it tastes sweet. Is it just some juice?
Still… [sfx]: Gulp I have to look into everyone’s eyes for thirty seconds during this game, but…
Why, of all things… [far side]: is it so hard to see everyone’s eyes?! [going in columns, right to left] { Iida / Narrow-eyed Yamada Hanako / Sunglasses Cap / Cap & Covers his eyes Helen / Stuffed Animal Garyuuin Tesshou / Eyebrows }
p12: =========================================== Have to be king… [sfx]: Thump If I can just become king, I can do something!
Again! / Let’s do it again!! Yeah! Now you’re getting into it, Mikuni-san.
?? Huh…? I didn’t mean to shout so loudly…
Hm…? [insert]: *Sigh*… …It’s like,
[sfx]: Bathump x2 My body feels so hot?
p13: =========================================== Is something wrong? [sfx]: Pat Mn ♡ [sfx]: Trembling
…What was that? Was that my voice? I sounded like that, just from being touched on the shoulder? [sfx]: Pat x2 Furthermore… My body’s gotten even hotter…
Get a hold of yourself! I promised her I’d keep her body safe, no matter what…
Who’s king for round three?!!
p14: =========================================== It’s… It’s me again~… [stick]: King
Huh…? …Three time straight?!
Then this time, the number five person…
[sfx]: Shaking [stick]: #5 …Me again…? Is this just a coincidence…?
p15: =========================================== The number five person will be tickled by everyone for one minute. Oh…? Number Five is Mikuni-san?
Now then, Mikuni-san, just settle down. H-Huh? [sfx]: Wrench [sfx]: Grab Hey… The King’s orders are absolute.
Th-That’s no good, Miku-Miku. / You didn’t even last twenty seconds…
Eeek! [sfx]: Squeeze Not there…! Don’t— / Ah ♡!
p18: =========================================== Okay… That was one minute. [sfx]: Huff x2
So hot… My body… feels so hot…
p19: =========================================== C’mon, Mikuni-san. There’s no time to rest. [sfx]: Huff x2
C’mon, c’mon, draw your stick~. O… Okay.
O-Once again, / I’m the king~. …Again?!
Y-You’re kidding! This can’t be a coincidence… [sfx]: Groan There must be… some sort of trick…
…Dammit… I can’t think straight…
[stick]: #3 I can’t… think…
Next, picking person number three…
p20: =========================================== Let’s pour ice down her clothes. [sfx]: Rattle x3 / Shocked!
[sfx]: Twitch
Mn!!
Let’s slap the ass of Number 5 (Mikuni-chan) ten times! [sfx]: Slap x2
p21: =========================================== This time! Number 1 (Mikuni-chan) will— Next, / Number 4 (Mikuni-chan) will— So then, / Number 2 (Mikuni-chan) will—
p23: =========================================== And towards the one to whom you owe your life.
You’re… Tesshou-san… / …Wait, what?! Why’re all my clothes in tatters?! You would ask that now, while staring at your assets? …I had suspected you blacked out.
Young lady, given the situation, had I not stayed their hands I feared a rape was impending. …
p24: =========================================== After the boy in the cap won his eighth kingship, I raised an objection and forced the rest to pause. Eight straight times?!
Furthermore, every order was directed towards the number you had drawn… …I knew there was some sort’ve trick…
*Sigh*… So you were, in fact, completely oblivious… / A “trick”? No, that is not quite turn of phrase. ?
Everyone participating in this, the Midnight Cross Method, has swapped bodies with another. / Given that, should something amiss occur…
…It’s because of a Cross Ability. Precisely. / Cap must’ve used some Cross Ability to ascertain which lot he was drawing.
p25: =========================================== As proof, / I submit that, during the Game’s second round, though he should not have known to whom his order was addressed, / he gave them to *chicks* number one and number two.
Would not that suggest he knew in advance his targets were female?
…Oh… …One gets the impression that, like myself, you have come here with a different aim in mind than the others. However… / You are an utter novice.
A-A novice?! Then are you calling yourself a pro?! Well… I suppose that I am.
You show far too many weaknesses. / You were examining your assets earlier… which would suggest your soul is male. / Furthermore, during the game, you were constantly staring people in the eye! One suspects looking another in the eye activates your Cross Method. …Wow… This old man’s perceptive… …Who in the world are you…?
p26: =========================================== …Well, no one as clumsy as you could be the villain, so why don’t I tell you? I might look like an old man…
But on the inside, I’m the high school girl detective / Aono Shin! I’m here chasing after the monster known as X! https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/41256[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 10 by Dowolf2015-04-21T20:26:13+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 10
p1: ===================================== #10: Setting Sail for the Night’s End
Be careful not to miss your stop♪
p2-3: ===================================== Hey, hey… are they seriously doing it here? Yes they are.
Well, you were certainly right: this place doesn’t have an address. Right?
p4: ===================================== In that case, shall we proceed? Uh… yeah.
Oh, but first, why don’t we confirm our plan. …Good idea. We can’t afford to say anything wrong once we’re inside.
We must find X here, at the Midnight Cross Method… / However, there’s no way to know in what body X will participate.
p5: ===================================== So there’s one way to find that out:
by using Mikuriya’s body’s ability, Silent Confession, I can read the minds of the people gathered to find X!
That’s right… / Furthermore, since we don’t know what dangers will await us within, let’s make sure to work together. You’re right.
Okay…! Let’s charge in there! [sfx]: Step!
p6: ===================================== [sfx]: Bow Welcome to the Midnight Cross Method.
My name is Miki. I have been appointed the receptionist for tonight’s gathering. / …Oh?
How peculiar, for two persons to participate together. [insert]: Is it?
p7: ===================================== Well then… [sfx]: Shake
…
This guy… doesn’t seem like a pushover.
My humblest apologies. [sfx]: Bow It seems each of you has properly exchanged forms with another.
I was strictly instructed by the owner to exclude any suspicious individuals at this juncture. [sfx]: Gesture So then, by all means…
p8: ===================================== Would the one guised as a gentleman proceed through the door on the right, ?! and the one guised as a lady proceed through the door on the left.
p9: ===================================== W-We can’t go together? Oh…? Is there some issue with the arrangements?
Urr… umm, we’re lovers. [sfx]: Hug You… are in relationship?
Now that is strange. I surmised that both of your souls were male; was I mistaken? You can even tell that much…? Could that be his Cross Ability?
Moreover, the very purpose of the Midnight Cross Method is to provide for our guests a single night’s entertainment… where one can remove the unendurably suffocating fetters of the self.
Yet despite that, you two insist upon attending these festivities with one whom you know. [sfx]: Glide / Startled! I cannot help but find this suspicious.
p10: ===================================== It isn’t suspicious in the least! / We’re gay lovers! [sfx]: Hug
…Oh? / So you are a pair of homosexuals…
That’s right. TOO CLOSE‼ We decided we’d go for a change of direction / and “play” at being a boy and a girl.
In that case, would you not be free to partake in such acts at your own residences…? / One sees no need for you to come all the way to such a gathering as this. No, no, that’s no good.
p11: ===================================== My partner’s a pervert who can’t get it on unless he’s in front of a crowd! …I’m WHAT?‼
Hey, isn’t that right, Honey? ♡ …That’s exactly right, Darling…
That…
Is a most remarkable thing! [sfx]: Thud [insert]: Ahahaha…
p12: ===================================== [sfx]: Bow I sincerely apologize for my untoward behavior. / Everyone has his or her own predilections; it is not for me to comment on them.
However… the fact remains that, if you do not obey the rules… I simply cannot allow you past this point.
Well… Rules are rules. It’s a shame, but this time, let’s enjoy ourselves separately. / <aside: Oh, argh… > Don’t give me that look… Such “play” can be fun, on occasion. …
[sfx]: Stare…
We can’t go back, not after coming this far. Shouldn’t we accept a certain degree of risk and keep moving forwards?
p13: ===================================== You’re right… [sfx]: Nod… That sort of “play” might work.
So then… [sfx]: Bam Let's have fun, both of us… right?!
p19: ===================================== …What? This isn’t what I expected…
p20: ===================================== The person who just entered the room is our final guest for tonight’s party.
A total of twelve persons are participating in tonight’s voyage. A dozen total? Then… That means there’s just one more six-person group.
Our vessel shall now leave port.
p21: ===================================== You have already excised yourselves from your own flesh and the endless relationships that bind it… / and now, we have cast off from the land, teeming as it is with hypocrisy made law. Yes… At this moment, ladies and gentlemen, in the truest sense of the word…
You are free.
So then, I ask that you enjoy to your hearts’ contents tonight’s Midnight Cross Method.
…What’s with this guy? [sfx]: Stare x2 …H-Hey, you know…
You look j-just like… M-Mikuni-chan, from BKR.
p23: ===================================== Could it be? Is that body... / really hers?
Huh? Umm… that’s… Shoot… I should try to fool him.
Hey, cut that out. [sfx]: Snuff
Could we not spend this party talking about boorish stuff like who’s who?
Now, now. That we’re free to even do that is part of what makes this party fun. / What do we do? It’s inconvenient not to have any names, so how about quick introductions? [sfx]: Smile And of course, anyone who wants to keep it secret is free to lie.
p24: ===================================== I brought up the idea, so I’ll start… The name’s Iida. / Tonight makes my fifth Midnight Cross Method, so… Well, I’m a regular.
Just call me “Cap”; I am wearing one. This is my… second Midnight Cross Method.
Yamada Hanako will be fine. [sfx]: Puff I don’t see any need to say how many times I’ve done this.
As for me… Well, you can call me Mikuni. I’m not the real thing, of course, but I thought I looked like her myself, too, so…
p26: ===================================== Now… So then, let’s get started. Huh…? Start… what, exactly?
Huh? Miku-chan, this is your first Midnight Cross Method? / Well, when guys and girls get together, there’s only one thing to do, right? Huh…? So suddenly…? That’s…
A mixer? You mean, a mixer mixer? That’s right… though, heck, what other kind of mixer is there?
That bastard…! What part of this is an orgy?‼ [sfx]: Trembling [flashback]: They have sex. It’s just a drinking party‼!
[sfx]: Clench! But… this is my chance!
p28: ===================================== First, there’s far fewer people than I anticipated… [clockwise, from top]: Macho / Cap / Old Man / Sunglasses / Stuffed Animal There’s a fifty percent chance that X is one of these five… Those aren’t bad odds.
In all likelihood, Kirishima is participating with the remaining five… He doesn’t have the power to read people’s minds, but he does have strangely sharp instincts. With only five people to work with, maybe he’ll be able to locate X!
And the Midnight Cross Method is just a mixer. That’s a huge break!
That means it’ll be easy to look someone in the eye for thirty seconds during a casual conversation.
p29: ===================================== I can do this! I think I can determine whether or not X is among us‼
So then, what game are we playing tonight? If there’s one standard game at a mixer, it’s the King’s Game.
The King’s Game? You mean, where you draw lots to decide who’s king, and then everyone else has to obey the king’s orders? [magnifying glass]: King It’s getting better and better. If I become the King, I can pull off my objective all at once. [bubble]: Everyone, look into my eyes!
That sounds great. I’d love to play the King’s Game! Oh! / Well, if our newcomer demands it, then we’ll have to play. [insert]: Alley-oop Then let’s set things up.
p31: ===================================== Huh…? Umm… What are you doing? [sfx]: Clatter
[sfx]: Slide What are we doing? Getting ready for the King’s Game.
p32: ===================================== Man~… To be honest, last time? In the King’s Game, I was having so much fun I lost my own eye. I had so many things stuck in all of my holes; it was amazing. What’s the big deal? It’s not like these are our bodies. That’s right. This Midnight Cross Method exists so we can enjoy things we can’t do in our own bodies.
I… I want… Mikuni-chan’s… nails… Hey, am I… screwed?
https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/41158[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 9 by Dowolf2015-03-26T21:40:42+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 9
p1: =================================== [insert]: The mysterious suspect elegantly reads! Midnight Cross Method #09: A Kind Man
Story / Yamaguchi Mikoto Art / BAREISHO
p2: =================================== By all means, use all the wisdom and power at your disposal to find me, X.
Oh, and please don’t even think of accidentally following me. It is rare for a game to intrigue me so. Were you to ruin it, I would simply have to destroy this body and discard it.
[insert]: Ahahaha / hahaha… [sfx]: Bathump! ?! / H-Hey! What’s wrong? This isn’t a laughing matter!
Then what look should I have on my face? …
p4: =================================== Today, in a span of so few hours, I’ve learned that I was not my family’s killer, that the true culprit is some being who used my sister’s body, and that a member of my family did something to my sister.
…All that information, in the span of a single conversation… / What can I do but laugh?
Please, laugh with me. Laugh at this fool who said he loved his family, / even though he knew nothing and was blind to everything around him…
p5: =================================== There’s no way I could laugh!
Yes, something might’ve happened in your home that you weren’t aware of… / Some circumstances that truly made your sister, Ai, want to kill her family. [sfx]: Clench
But you know… That doesn’t mean that the family who loved you / was nothing more than an illusion.
That loving family was killed by some incomprehensible being, / and, to top it all off, he kidnapped your precious sister…! I can’t laugh at someone who’s had that happen to him!
p6: =================================== Pft. / Ahahahahahahahaha! Wh… What the hell? Stop laughing so much! / Did you hit your head when I swept your legs out from under you earlier? [sfx]: Heart aflutter
[sfx]: Slowly It’s just…
You’re such a surprisingly kind man… [sfx]: Hug
If I were a girl, I don’t think I would be able to leave a boy like you alone… / Ahh… Come to think of it, right now, I am a woman. Huh…?! What are you…
p7: =================================== What are you two doing in other people’s bodies?! [sfx]: Huff
Hey, Mikuni-kun. You’re a little early. / I was a hair’s breadth away from using your body to steal his lips… A pity, truly. Wh… Wh-Wh-What are you saying?‼ Heck, right now, he’s Kaede, and… / …Wait—that’s not the problem here‼!
First things first: I’m glad you’re all right! ……
Hey, Hiroki, you… [sfx]: Sigh… “Hiroki”…? No honorific? That was sudden!
p8: =================================== In the end, I guess you’ll act kind to just about anyone‼
Huh? Why are you mad…? [sfx]: Hmph / Tap Sometimes, kindness is a crime
Regardless! / I’ll ask for details later! We’re heading back‼
O… Okay…
If we don’t, it won’t be long before Kaede loses it… [sfx]: Twitch x2 [insert]: Hah… / Being in a boy’s body [insert]: Is so disgusting…
p9: =================================== Several days later I see…
Did all that happen while I was asleep? / And Hiroki, nothing he said was a lie? [sfx]: Flap
Yeah, it’s all true. I was reading Kirishima’s heart in your body the whole time he was talking, so… [sfx]: Flap Yes… Then, at any rate…
We know Kirishima Sachi wasn’t the one who murdered your sister…
p10: =================================== So… For now, let’s try to make sense of the situation.
First, there’s the murder of the Kirishima Family. / The culprit, who calls himself “X,” is inside Ai’s body. He committed the crime using her body.
After the crime, X remained in her body, telling the police the culprit was Sachi, pinning the blame on him. [sfx]: Nod…
p11: =================================== What do we know about X… / First, he doesn’t swap bodies with a person—he enters them alongside the original personality…
When I looked at him using Mikuni-kun’s ability to read minds, / I saw in there two personalities. Basically, that means Ai and X’s souls were both in one flesh.
At the time, did you see any clues hinting as to who X is? Unfortunately…
All I was able to see was a sliver of Ai’s consciousness… / It was like a clump of unequivocal hatred…
?‼
p12: =================================== Then there’s X’s objective. According to him, / he enters the body of a participant in the Cross Act and fulfills some desire that the host cannot fulfill him- or herself.
I don’t want to picture Ai wanting our family dead… but there might have been some sort of trigger.
After all, something went on in my home that I knew nothing about…
Come to think of it, when X said that he acts to fulfill his host’s ambitions…
you had a really strong reaction.
Would that mean… that you yourself wished for your sister’s death?
p13: =================================== I want to tell you no… but I think I’d be lying…
There was a time when I dreamed of what life would be like without her…
p14: =================================== But I—! / I never seriously wanted my sister dead… / Wh…
What…? [insert]: Yep, yep [insert]: Yes, yes.
We understand, Hiroki. We know you’re not the kind of guy who would seriously consider that! [sfx]: Pat That’s right, Hiroki. We know full well that you’re a hopelessly kind man.
p15: =================================== Wait a second. Did you just call him “Hiroki”?
[sfx]: Grin Yep, that’s right. I called him by name.
Aren’t you acting a little too familiar? Don’t get full of yourself just ‘cause you’ve cleared yourself from suspicion!
What’s the big deal? He and I have already gone out together… right? ♡ Are you trying to create a misunderstanding?!
That’s right, Mikuni. Weren’t you and I coupled like that? WAAHHHH! WAAAAHH‼ [sfx]: St-st-st-st—!
It’s always like this. All I want is to become close with everyone, but everyone always rejects me… [insert]: The nurse, the lawyer, they all went running away… ? Damn… He’s a complete airhead‼ [sfx]: Streaming sweat He hasn’t been acting on purpose this whole time?
p16: =================================== Let’s get this conversation back on track…
There’s two things we’ve figured out so far.
First: it’s highly probable that the murderer of Hiroki’s sister is X. / In other words, It’s highly probable that X participated in the same Cross Act all of us did. [picture] { [upper right box]: Kamiya Hiroki [middle box]: Mikuriya Mikuni [upper left box]: Kirishima Sachi [far left box]: Five unknowns One of them is X? [four inner pictures on the right side]: Unknown [inner picture on the left]: Unknown / Adult / Male / Patient?
The second thing / is that, to make everything clear…
p17: =================================== I have to participate in the Midnight Cross Method.
So then… How much do you two actually know about the Midnight Cross Method? / Have you ever participated, even once?
I’ve never participated. / All I know is that it’s a masquerade ball that only those who have swapped bodies are allowed to attend. / …That’s all.
What about you, Kirishima? Don’t be so distant. Call me Sachi. [insert]: Aren’t we friends? What a nuisance… So… Sachi, how about you?
p18: =================================== I, too, / have never participated…
However, I do know… / when… and where… / it will be held next.
Really…? Wait a second. / I’ve been thinking—why do you know so much when you’re stuck inside these walls?
And it’s weird how you have one of the ritual cards. / And when we first met, you instantly realized we had switched bodies…
Didn’t I tell you before? I have myself an accomplice.
p19: =================================== That person appeared soon after I was taken into custody here. [sfx]: Flip [insert in the picture]: Card
Oh. / By the way, in picture form, the person is like this.
?‼ [sfx]: Spittake!
That person told me that the Cross Act was the cause of my incident… At first, of course, I didn’t believe in body switching. / Then, some days later, the person gave me this card, saying, “You’ll understand if you do it yourself.”
And then, I actually exchanged bodies. / So, for the time being, I decided to trust what the person had to say.
Afterwards, the person went on to tell me many more things, / such as Cross Acts and Cross Abilities. / It was almost like a prediction saying that people switching bodies would come to visit me. Just… who was this person?
p20: =================================== The person claimed… / to be the first person to swap bodies…
…If true, that means that person thought up the idea, right? The person never said it in exactly those words… / But I got the distinct impression that the person was the trigger for one series of body switches.
And so the person said to me, “I must save those who were brought misfortune by body switching; / I must sever this chain of tragedy!” [sfx]: Bam! Thanks to your picture, it’s hard to feel the proper mood.
p21: =================================== Has the “accomplice” of yours told you anything about the Midnight Cross Method? About that…
I know the time, date, and place where it’s next being held, but… / Actually going would incur fairly heavy risks. Because X will surely be there, yeah.
There is that, of course… But no. / The problem is more fundamental. X said that the Cross Method is something like a masquerade ball.
Do you have any idea what one does at a masquerade ball?
It is where participants amuse themselves for a night by covering their faces in mask, temporarily discarding their status, and becoming someone they are not. / And how is it that they “amuse” themselves? To be blunt…
p22: =================================== They have sex.
p23: =================================== For instance… A man can become a woman / and enjoy the ultimate stimulation that only a woman can know; a woman can become a man and experience the maddening desire and release that only a man can possess…
In other words, the Midnight Cross Method is a party where one can experience pleasure in another person’s body / that one never could in one’s own.
p24: =================================== Can two people as green as you two succeed in such a place?
E… Even so, I’m going to participate‼
N… No! / It’s not because I want to have sex, got it?! [sfx]: Stare…
Yes… I thought you would say that. / To be honest, I wish I could meet with my “accomplice” one more time and ask for some words of advice… but there is no way to know when next that person will come.
And there’s no more time to wait. There isn’t…?
p25: =================================== The next Midnight Cross Method will be taking place at midnight two days hence.
I can’t imagine that the party is always held at the same place, / and there’s no guarantee my accomplice will ever return here.
And I only know the place where the party is being held two days from now.
We have… to make a decision.
p26: =================================== I’m obviously participating! I’m going too, of course‼
H... Hey, wait a second. Weren’t you listening? / It’s gonna be pretty dangerous there! There’s no way I can take you there! [insert]: Mm
You idiot! Were you listening yourself? Only those who have switched bodies can participate.
That means the only way you can participate is by swapping bodies with me! ……!
p27: =================================== So in other words, that means you’re using my body… / You sure you can keep it safe? Because I think I can trust you to keep it safe, / Hiroki.
…Of course… / I won’t let anyone lay one finger on your body. [sfx]: Nod
Oh, you two lovebirds are so wonderful! [sfx]: Twitch! But unfortunately…
p28: =================================== Mikuni-kun cannot participate. ? [sfx]: Squeak Oh—it would be more accurate to say that Mikuni-kun’s soul will have to watch the home.
Participating in the Cross Method will be Hiroki… [sfx]: Tap
and me.
Why’s that?! It’s the only way. I’m the only one who knows where it’s taking place. Furthermore, the place doesn’t have a proper address, so telling you its location would be trying. [sfx]: Stand!
Just draw us a map‼ You think you can make me draw a picture?! Don’t take that out! That’s dirty‼ [sfx]: Show!
p29: =================================== And personally, I have a major goal here: recovering my sister’s body. There’s no way I’m sitting this out.
Then I’ll have Kaede lend you her bod— You should probably stop with that. / In the best of times, going there in a woman’s body is a dangerous act…
If you involved your friend’s body and worst came to worst—if something dangerous happened—could anyone besides Hiroki keep it safe? ………
There are only two choices. [sfx]: Squeak
p30: =================================== The first is to have me enter Hiroki’s body, Hiroki enter Mikuni-kun’s, / and then for Mikuni-kun to enter mine… [top box]: Participating in the Midnight Cross Method [bottom box]: Staying Home
The second if for me to enter Mikuni-kun’s body, Mikuni-kun to enter Hiroki’s, / and for Hiroki to enter mine. [top box]: Participating in the Midnight Cross Method [bottom box]: Staying Home
Those are the only two. / Well, there is also the option to wait until next time.
As our helper, Mikuni-kun, you should decide. Mmnnnnnnnnnnnnnn…
p31: =================================== Two days later, / on the day of the Midnight Cross Method
Hey, hey… They’re really doing it here? Precisely.
But you were certainly right—this place doesn’t have an address. Right?
It’s about time. Shall we? Yes… We’re supposed to be lovers… / R… Right. Let’s go… [sfx]: Slowly
p32: =================================== To the Midnight Cross Method [insert]: Now, to the party where X awaits! https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/40957[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 8 by Dowolf2015-02-06T03:39:27+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 8
p1: ==================================== [vertical]: The landscape, with you in it, is my own personal world heritage site. Chapter 8: My Name is X.
p2: ==================================== Wh… What gives? / What are you talking about? What’re you trying to say?!
Do you truly think that I am the culprit behind the murder of the Kirishima Family? ?!
Well… Yeah, I do. / I mean, you confessed. You said you were “curious to see how people would react when the person they trusted the most suddenly attacked them.”
p3: ==================================== It was my sister, Ai, who conveyed that to the police. !!
She testified that it was I who killed our family. / She supplied the motive as well.
…That’s… If that’s true, then… what you’re trying to say is that the culprit isn’t you…
It’s…
p4: ==================================== The thing I “forgot” to do was to confirm that.
I loved my family. [sfx]: Clench
I loved my father, who was always relaxed and took things at his own pace; / my mother, who rarely spoke but never lacked a smile; My brother, who was exemplary and serious to a fault;
And my sister… / She was a bit of a dreamer and terribly kind.
p5: ==================================== Then why didn’t you say that to the police?! / Why not tell them you loved your family; that you’d never kill them?!
Because that would have made Ai a liar.
I cannot imagine such a kind sister speaking such a falsehood.
…If I had to say, I’d say that I… I don’t trust myself. / Ever since I was old enough to understand, I’ve been told I was a “touched” child. I guess the aura I have about me differs from that of normal people.
Furthermore… / I have no memory of what happened the day of the incident.
p6: ==================================== My sister, whom I trusted, named me the culprit. / And I could neither trust myself nor remember what happened. …So what was I to do, besides accept it? Accept that I was the culprit?
It’s just… I learned, after I was arrested, that a certain thing was possible. You’re not talking about…
Would the fact that you released me mean that you believe my story?
Of course not!! [sfx]: Snap! Oh my.
[sfx]: Huff x2 [sfx, bottom]: Jiggle It’s just… If everything you said is true…
It would mean you lost your family because of body switching, just like I did. And the person who did the swap was your sister.
Which means, right now, Mikuriya’s in danger!!
p8: ==================================== …Besides, there was one thing I couldn’t let go of. / When I entered your body… [sfx, all over the page]: Dash!
The smell was missing. What smell?
The smell of blood. It wasn’t on you.
I washed myself over and over again, but I couldn’t erase from my body the smell of my sister’s blood. Of course, that was a psychological thing. / Maybe the smell was actually gone soon after I started bathing…
p9: ==================================== But your body smelled too scentless to me. [sfx]: Sniff sniff I can’t believe it the body of a man who killed three people.
…… What? Why the silent treatment?
The whole world… No, even I thought I was guilty, yet you would point out the possibility of my innocence?
The thought makes me glad…
What?! You’re making me sick! / It’s not like I really believe you, got it?!
p10: ==================================== …Okay.
We’re here, so that’s good, but how do we get inside?
Right now, we’re just a pair of girls. I wouldn’t expect us to put them on edge. [sfx]: Ding-dong Y… Yeah, you’re right. So let’s just take this normally…
……………. Hey… There’s no response! / Could that mean… something’s already happened?
! / He’s dead—No, just asleep. For now, let’s hurry upstairs!
[sfx]: Dash! [sfx]: Click
p12-13: ==================================== Huh? Another guest?
p14: ==================================== Hey! You all right?!
Oh, then I presume you ladies are acquainted with this young man? Be at ease. He is merely asleep.
Ai……
Listen. That body’s Cross Ability, Silent Confession, lets you read someone’s mind by looking into their eyes for thirty seconds. Use it to confirm whether or not it’s your sister in there.
What is it? Is there something on my face?
p15: ==================================== ?!!
Kh!! Huff… Huff… [sfx]: Wobble What’s wrong? What’d you see?!
Oh my. / It seems I’ve been discovered. Wow, so that’s your Cross Ability.
p17: ==================================== Seeing as to how your acquaintance was not in his own body, / I suspected the two of you might be swapping as well.
Just who are you?
Kirishima Ai, of course.
Enough lies. My sister is right-handed. Your sister…? What a surprise. / Then inside that body would be Ai’s brother, I presume?
…So you’re the one… who killed my family?
p18: ==================================== Yes, I did the deed. [sfx]: Smile
I did intend to depart this body before long, truly, but… Well, its Cross Ability is so superb, I keep finding myself here.
Yet that superb Cross Ability proved ineffective against that young man there’s. Truly a surprise. / What an interesting power that body has, I must say.
p19: ==================================== …Why? Why kill my family? / And why, of all things, did you use my sister’s body to do it?!
Whatever are you saying? Naturally, that was what your sister herself desired. [sfx]: Smile That kind girl? She would never wish for that!
I would not be so sure… / Please, recall who it was who told you, Sachi, of the Cross Act. Was it not your sister? Then the question becomes, what significance did that hold? …………
Sachi-nii-sama, have you heard of Cross Acts? / It’s a ritual that lets you become someone you’re not. Wow, that sounds interesting.
p20: ==================================== Have you ever wanted to become someone you’re not? Hmm…
I… I guess not. Are you saying you do, Ai?
Yes… I… I do. [sfx]: Fidget Are you talking about back then?
The only reason to become someone one is not, other than the desire to seek some momentary pleasure… / is because one is deeply dissatisfied with one’s present self. So perhaps, if you had listened to what the girl had to say, things would not have transpired as they did.
…That’s, well… By and large, I didn’t truly believe exchanging bodies was possible until I tried it for real in the penitentiary.
Besides, as far as I could see, my sister was sweet and intelligent. / Nothing about her suggested any deep dissatisfaction. [vertical text x4]: Good day to you.
p21: ==================================== In that case… her dissatisfaction must have stemmed from her environment.
Her environment…? / I think our family was relatively well-off. And her school wasn’t one that would tolerate bullying.
At the very least, I can’t picture her being so dissatisfied that she’d want to become someone else— Are you certain?
Have you ever taken a proper look at her? ………?
[sfx]: Pop x2 After looking at this, can you still utter… [sfx]: Drop
p22: ==================================== The same words?
p23: ==================================== This wound here I inflicted myself during the incident so none would think me anything but a victim…
However, every other mark on this body has been there since before that day. Months have passed since the incident, yet the bruises still remain.
Do you still believe she had no cause for dissatisfaction, Sachi-nii-sama? ♡
p24: ==================================== Who would do something that awful? [sfx]: Clench
Well….. Allow me to keep that a secret for the nonce.
But I will say this: the perpetrator was a member of your family. ……
Hey, you… Just who are you? / In a Cross Act, aren’t you supposed to go back to your own body after two hours? And how are there two people in there?!
You certainly are flush with questions… And being called “you” all the time does not strike my fancy. …Well then.
p25: ==================================== Please, henceforth, call me “X.”
I am one who participate in Cross Acts, enters another’s body…
then acts as an agent to fulfill some aspiration that the individual cannot do alone.
You’re an aspiration-fulfilling agent…?
p26: ==================================== X… Was it you? / Did you kill my sister?
Who knows? I haven’t the foggiest who is inside there, but… If you held such an Aspiration, the possibility may be quite high.
No; that is quite the rational decision. Why? Because at the end of the day, this body is Kirishima Ai’s.
As such, no matter how you might wound this flesh, / it will behoove you naught. For your suspect is the one on the inside. [sfx]: Gulp!
p28: ==================================== …But with that said, to simply effect my escape like this would be quite droll. And you ladies and gentlemen have worked so hard to reach this point.
So why don’t I give you the opportunity to capture me?
I always make sure to attend a certain evening party.
Would you all be so kind as to attend as well?
p29: ==================================== And then… Please, find X.
If you so succeed, I will tell you all that I know, / and I will return to you Ai-san’s body.
…So what’s this “evening party” of yours?
Perhaps you ladies and gentlemen have already heard of the event?
p30: ==================================== It is the Midnight Cross Method.
p31: ==================================== The Midnight Cross Method…?!
“The Midnight Cross Method” Sachi—he wrote about that in his letter!!
One could compare the Midnight Cross Method to a masquerade ball. There, the guests hide their faces behind masks that they may temporarily forget their station and thus make merry.
Meanwhile, at the Cross Method, participants all exchange bodies with another. Thus, they make merry while fully becoming another person.
I trust you understand, then? In essence, / we will be playing a game where your goal is to identify me amongst all the guests.
p32: ==================================== Naturally, I will be participating in a different body than this one. [sfx]: Click… And there will be no hints, so…
You are welcome to use all the wisdom and powers at your disposal to uncover X.
https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/40832[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 7 by Dowolf2014-12-29T16:32:16+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 7
p1: ===================================== [insert]: As he stands in Mikuni’s body, where does Kirishima Sachi’s gaze lie?
Written by Yamaguchi Mikoto Art by BAREISHO Midnight Cross Method Chapter 7: And the Game Continues
Kirishima... Ai-san? Are you in there? Hey! If you don’t put a top to this right now, I’ll call the police!! …Who are you? I… can’t recall ever hearing your voice.
I have something important to tell you about your brother. …A… About Sachi-niisama?
………. [sfx]: Slowly
[sfx]: Swing
p4: ===================================== Thank goodness! I got here before him!
…Who are you?
p5: ===================================== I met your brother earlier today. You did? When I did, sh—I mean, he told me something critical.
What was that?
I’m sorry, Auntie. I would like to have a conversation alone with him… …! It’s all right. If anything happens, I’ll be quick to call out.
[sfx]: Shut
So then… What was so important that you had to come tell me?
p6: ===================================== Kirishima Sachi escaped from jail for the purpose of killing you.
He escaped…?
And furthermore, to kill me? / Did he say so himself? Not explicitly… but that’s gotta be it.
p7: ===================================== He said there was something on the outside he “forgot.” / And it seems that thing’s you, Ai.
But how did he escape from jail? Well… I can’t give you any details… And, more accurately, it wasn’t he who escaped from jail, but rather just his soul, basically…
Don’t tell me… he swapped bodies with someone? !!
You know about swapping bodies? I do…
[sfx]: Creak …After all…
p8: ===================================== I’m the one who taught my brother about it…
…Seems someone’s already here.
At any rate, for now, I should hide somewhere until my sister falls asleep.
Found you! [sfx]: Freeze!
p9: ===================================== Argh! I’ve been looking all over for you, Sempai! Weren't you the one who called a meeting today? If I recall correctly, she… is a member of BKR.
Now then, let’s get going. Everyone’s already there waiting for you. [sfx]: Grab
[sfx]: Briskly [sfx]: Briskly
p10: ===================================== I’m so sorry, but I just can’t go right now. [sfx]: Squeeze ……….?!
Wh… Why not? Aren’t you someone who puts the job first?! ………..
There is something I absolutely have to do. No… no matter what?
Yes… No matter what. Oh! Then let me help with that! Then we can finish quicker, right?
p11: ===================================== You know, you… are rather… tenacious.
You… wouldn’t happen to know who I am, would you? [sfx]: Slowly…
[sfx]: Squeeze W… Well…
p12: ===================================== DARN WELL I DO!!! [sfx]: Whoosh! [sfx]: Miss!
Now then… Given that you know the situation, I trust you’re one of Kamiya-kun’s little gang?
So… What’ll you do? We might both be in female bodies… but I’m a guy on the inside. Furthermore, I’ve dabbled in martial arts. / As for you… You’re a little violent, but you’re just a regular girl— And with that little bit of extra fat around your chest, won’t you be weaker than me? / No matter how you spin it, I don’t think you have a chance.
p13: ===================================== [sfx]: Smirk Thanks… / FOR THE HEADS-UP!!
[sfx]: Sweep!
[sfx]: Thud! ?!
[sfx]: Shocked! My conditions... are the same.
p14: ===================================== After all, I’ve dabbled in martial arts myself.
Looks like I’m beat… So it’s Kamiya-kun inside there, I take it? And furthermore… “Dabbled”? No. You’re easily good enough to have a black belt.
By the way, just how did you manage to find me? I can’t imagine you did so blindly. Even if you guessed I’d be near Ai, you were too quick.
p15: ===================================== Now, would the answer happen to have anything to do with that body? Th… That’s…
Several hours earlier …So, what am I doing?
I’m in her body, so… now what? [sfx]: Shudder Her boobs are so heavy…
Didn’t I tell you? You’re using the trump card. / And that trump card is Kaede’s Cross Ability!
Listen. Don’t ask any questions—just take a whiff of this. ?
p16: ===================================== Uh… umm, these look like panties to me…? I told you not to ask any questions!!
Kaede’s Cross Ability, Stalking Perfume—or as she calls it, “I LOVE YOU ONEE-SAMA”—lets her ascertain someone’s present location… by smelling her underwear. [insert]: Though there is one limitation: the person must’ve worn it sometime in the past 24 hours. I see… This is definitely one ability you wouldn’t want to use. [small]: Heck, what’s with that look? / It’s like you’re proud of it.
Good, you get it. Now quit nitpicking and smell!!! [sfx]: Shove! Mgh!
p17: ===================================== By the way, would you be so kind as to tell me what sort of ability you used? Heck no!
Well, that’s fine. So? What are you planning to do now? To make you give us that body back, of course.
Now wait one moment. I still haven’t finished what I need to do with the thing I forgot. / And breaking promises is just wrong.
DON’T SCREW WITH ME! / You think I’m just going to let you get away with murder before my very eyes?!!
Huh? / Murder…? Who are you implying is killing whom?
…Obviously, you’re going to be killing your sister, Ai! That’s the thing you “forgot,” right?!
p18: ===================================== [sfx]: Sigh It seems you kids have terribly misunderstood something…
Well, I can’t say I blame you. After all, you don’t know the truth behind the Kirishima Family Mass-Murder… / Although, that said, I don’t know the truth, either. Huh?
Only one person knows everything: my sister, Ai. …….
Oh… would a friend of yours happen to be inside my aunt’s home right now?
…Yeah. Mikuriya went in there, wearing my body, in order to be Kirishima Ai’s bodyguard.
p19: ===================================== Did she now… That might be a touch… dangerous.
Wh… What? / What’re you on about? What are you trying to say?!
Hey, mister? Can you hear my voice? …Did you fall asleep?
p20: ===================================== What a pity…
Oh well. / Now then, it’s time… to continue what I started that day. [sidebar]: Madness dwells in the girl! https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/40715[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 6 by Dowolf2014-12-01T01:40:40+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMayonaka no X Giten 6
p1: ======================================== [blue, horizontal text]: Midnight Cross Method [yellow, vertical text]: In this ensemble, / anyone and everyone / could be a suspect! [black, horizontal]: Written by: Yamaguchi Mikoto Art: BAREISHI [yellow box]: Chapter 6: The Siblings’ Beautiful Love
[rightmost clipboard] { name: Kamiya Hiroki age: 17 sex: M job: High School Student } [middle clipboard] { name: Mikuriya Mikuni ♡ <the second line is already written in English> job: Idol } [the left clipboard is done already. thank you based Sachi]
p2: ======================================== <summary page. I might go back and do it later>
p3: ======================================== The thing Sachi “forgot” was to kill his surviving sister?
But… Why would he do that?
How the hell would I know what a murderer thinks?! That’s the phrase he used—the “thing he forgot”!
p4: ======================================== He probably won’t be satisfied unless he makes sure to kill each and every member of his family.
……………
I’m… not so sure… What gives?! Well, can you think of some other reason why he’d want to meet his sister?!
Well… No, but… So you’re not sure at all. [sfx]: *Irritated* But something feels off about all this… What feels off?!
p5: ======================================== WHO CARES WHAT KIRISHIMA SACHI’S TRUE OBJECTIVE IS?! Right now, our top priority is to find Mikuni-sempai’s body‼! [sfx]: *Shocked*…
[sfx]: *Trembling* Because if that jerk really does kill his sister…
Sempai’s the one who will be found guilty of murder‼ [insert]: Top idol is a murderess?!
[sfx]: Crack So if it turns out Mikuni-sempai can never return to her own body… / we’ll take yours…
p6: ======================================== CUT OFF YOUR C*CK, ?! GIVE YOUR FACE PLASTIC SURGERY, AND HAND IT OVER TO HER‼! [sfx]: *Shocked* [sfx, bottom]: Yank
Stop that‼ [sfx]: Pow! [sfx]: Bwoh!
p7: ======================================== But still… We really do have to hurry! Didn’t you… say something about putting a transmitter in your clothes?
I did… I put it in my underwear, but… She even changed her underwear. / Maybe telling her that she absolutely shouldn’t touch my underwear actually screwed things up… [fb] { … [sfx]: Grab Isn’t it amazing?
But you better not lay one finger on my underwear! OK. }
Don’t tell me the transmitter was the “trump card” you mentioned? No! / It’s just… I didn’t want to use this option, if I could avoid it… This isn’t the time for that!
…You’re right. I know that. / But first…
How’d it turn out? Is Kirishima your foe?
p8: ======================================== Unfortunately, Sachi’s not the culprit. You’re kidding… We were certain it was him…
Did he have some proof it wasn’t him?! …He did. The hell? Explain things properly!
You used Kirishima’s own Cross Ability to prove his innocence…?
What are you, stupid?!
p9: ======================================== How can you just trust information he gave to you?‼
Even if that “Judgment Fake” power really lets you ascertain whether a text is true or false…
He could’ve just had someone else write the line saying he’s not the culprit! Remember? He said he had other methods. So it wouldn’t surprise me if he had an accomplice!
It pisses me off, but he’s way smarter than us… / And… He’s sly as a fox. We’re out of time to spend fumbling about…
p10: ======================================== Let’s do it! ?! Do… what?
Use my trump card, of course! And to do that, we need you on the outside!
…I wonder what my brother Sachi is doing right now…
[insert]: What lies at the end of the siblings’ twister love?! https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/40477[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 5 by Dowolf2014-09-29T23:16:36+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMidnight Cross Method 5
p1: ========================================== Chapter 5: The Perfect Jailbreak [inset]: An idol competes in her swimsuit! ♥ Written by Yamaguchi Mikoto Art by BAREISHO
p2: ========================================== I… want to leave the detention center. Just for one day. There’s something I forgot on the outside.
Hey, / won’t one of you lend me your body? Then, afterwards, I’ll listen to whatever you have to say.
p3: ========================================== Lend you a body…? But how? You’re stuck behind that wall. That’s easy.
You can switch bodies directly, just like you’re doing right now. But you do that by putting your card on your foreheads and pressing them together…
Actually, you don’t actually have to physically touch each other. Your foreheads just have to be within 15 millimeters. / By the way, this partition isn’t even a centimeter thick.
In other words… We can exchange bodies right here!
p4: ========================================== You’ve got to be kidding! There’s no way we’d accept that condition‼
if we gave someone like you one of our bodies, who knows what you’d do!
And you say you’ll give us information only afterwards? You think we’d actually trust you?!
It is certainly true that the direct method has no time limit, so if I were to flee… your soul would be liable to perish within these walls.
And I am, of course, a heinous criminal. At the rate things are going, I could even be… executed.
p5: ========================================== So of course, you wouldn’t hand over your body so easily… …Then how about this?
Before the next time you two come, I’ll write down a memo containing everything I know and place it somewhere in my room…
Basically, if you want to see that memo… / you’ll have to become me and head over to this side.
As for my actions after I switch with you… Well… / Seeing as to how there are two of you, how about the other watches over me? Then there’s no need to worry, right?
p6: ========================================== Not a freaking chance‼ [sfx]: Slam!
Heck, why would we put any faith in you?! You’ll put a memo in your room? That’s the same as if you told us afterwards! / There’s no way we’d trust you‼
In that case, negotiations have failed.
The truth is, I have other ways to obtain a body… Surprised? / If you won’t accept this condition, I’ll use those methods.
p7: ========================================== But, well… Do you have any options other than me?
Or are my worries needless?
That memo’s going to have information I can use, right? H—Hey! Of course.
…Were you… the one who murdered my sister?
…………….
p8: ========================================== You’ll know the answer to that if you see the memo.
……We’ll be back in two days. ! [sfx]: Turn! Have the memo ready by then.
OK.
Are you serious?!
p9: ========================================== Are you seriously going to go along with his plan? What else can I do?
He’s right—this is the only clue, the only option I have. [sfx]: Peel x2
And I don’t have much time; there’s no way I can keep my sister’s body hidden for long…
Oh… Of course, I’ll trade bodies with him, so…
So even if he does run, I’m the only one who’ll be inconvenienced by it. [sfx]*Stare*…
You’re being such an idiot, I thought I’d give you a shot to the head! Don’t block, you dunce!
But that cleared things up.
We’ll have Kirishima Sachi enter my body. ?!
p11: ========================================== Think things through rationally. If you and he switch places, I’d have to watch over him while he’s in your body.
However… Let me be blunt: that’s impossible. / I’ve been in your body, so I can tell— Your body’s strong.
Just now, you blocked my attack easily. So if that murderer gets in your body and really starts getting violent, there’s no way I could stop him.
However… If you switch with Kirishima, worst-case scenario, you’ll be stuck in his body for the rest of your life… No; moreover…
Yes… Moreover, you should read the memo yourself. / That way, you won’t miss a single word that’s written there. [sfx]: Scratch x2 …In other words,
p12: ========================================== This is our best option! [notebook] { [upper left]: How we’ll switch places [upper left arrow]: Wants to head outside [upper right arrow]: Will see the memo [bottom arrow]: Watches over her body [upper bubble]: Sachi [lower left bubble]: Mikuni ♡ [lower right bubble]: Hiroki }
Can we change bodies in such an irregular way? Easily, if we double swap.
First, you and I will switch bodies like we did this time… [upper-right name bubble]: H [upper-left name bubble]: M / Then, while you’re in my body, you’ll swtich bodies with Kirishima. [lower-right name bubble]: H [lower-left name bubble: S
...I—If that’s doable, it certainly makes sense… / However, there’s no need for you to take such risks—
You idiot. Didn’t I tell you? I’m just paying back my debt.
p13: ========================================== That’s just how big my debt to you is.
Besides, there’s another good reason to use my body! …What’s that?
I have a trump card. One I’d rather not use, but… If things go to hell, I’ll tell you then.
Two days later / The Detention Center [sign]: Meeting Room I see. What an interesting idea you’ve thought up.
p14: ========================================== This certainly might be the best method. [sfx]: Peel
p15: ========================================== Kirishima… You really did write the note, right?
Of course I did. I put it under the table; you should read it quickly. You wouldn’t want one of the guards to take it first.
Mikuriya… I’m counting on you. It’s my body. You think I’m going to let him do whatever he wants?
Don’t worry so. So long as I can clean up the one thing I forgot, I’ll give you back your body right away.
Why’re you clinging to me like that? [sfx]: Squeeze
Oh, my? / If you’re going to watch over me, isn’t me clinging to you like this ideal? Th… That’s… Well…
Oh… I guess it would be “against the rules” for a current top idol to go walking with a boy like this. You… You know who I am? Well of course. You are famous.
p17: ========================================== Then… well, / for now, how about we enter that shop? Huh?! A COSPLAY SHOP?! Quit fooling around‼
Oh, but I suggested that for your sake. Huh? How do you figure that?
To get costumes. Disguises. / The place where I’m headed is a little dangerous.
If a top idol were to be spotted there, I’m sure it would be a scandal… / I think a slightly more scrupulous disguise would be prudent for a place like that. But, well, if you’re fine with me going like this, then… Fine, I get it‼ Go get a disguise‼!
But you better not lay one finger on my underwear! OK.
p18: ========================================== [sfx]: *Slide* What do you think?
With this thorough a disguise, I doubt anyone will recognize Mikuriya Mikuni.
What’s wrong? You look dazed. …It’s nothing. I was just impressed by myself, I guess. / I… really do look good in anything.
p19: ========================================== But what about money? I didn’t bring that much. It’s fine. This shop lets any girls who look good in their clothes try them out on the streets. [badge]: Manager
Okay, then let’s hurry and get to the place with that thing you forgot! Yes, yes. [sfx]: Grab!
[sign]: Karaoke R [vertical sign]: ke Rooms
…Hey… [sfx]: Rattle
p20: ========================================== Is this really where you were headed?!
Of course not. But I finally get to be a girl, so I thought I’d try singing some soprano songs. And my voice is so professional, you know?
Oh—I forgot to mention it, but we can’t even get to my destination until nightfall. / So we’re just killing time until then. You’re…
FUCKING KIDDING ME‼ [sfx]: Thwack!
p21: ========================================== I am doing no such thing. [sfx]: Grab !
Isn’t this why we exchange bodies in the first place?
To become someone you aren’t… / and enjoy the things we can’t do ourselves. Sto… [sfx]: Slowly…
A woman can know a man’s desire…
p22: ========================================== And a man can know a woman’s… …ecstasy.
Hey, Mikuni-kun. Right now… How are you feeling? It’s… It’s my body; why the hell would I feel anything being assaulted by it?
Oh, you shouldn’t lie. That’s not what your heart’s saying.
Shit! I maintained eye contact for too long; she read my mind. How interesting. So this is your Cross Ability.
p23: ========================================== Hey… Enough! Keep doing this, and staff are gonna come crashing in here! It’s fine. Their cameras are fake. That’s why I chose this store. So…
Let’s forget about that… / and enjoy ourselves. [sfx]: *Lick*
The body you’re in right now belongs to the guy you like. I… I don’t…
And… If I do this… to your body… [sfx]: Zip…
Well? Any changes down below…? [sfx]: Twitch x3 …..Sh…
p24: ========================================== If there is, that means… that his body… lusts for yours. [sfx]: Puff
Shouldn’t that make you ecstatic? Wh… / Why… am I…
I see… Then let’s turn this around. What do you think’s happening to your body? Huh…?
I’m rubbing your body against his. So what do you think’s happening to your nether regions? Wh… What are you planning?
p25: ========================================== Look… [sfx]: Grab Isn’t it amazing?
S… Stop! Don’t show me that‼ [sfx]: *Slap* Wah‼ Ahhhh‼!
p26: ========================================== Now I’ve got you. ♡ [sfx]: Jangle
I finally found it, dammit‼ This… This isn’t where you said it would be.
“Anyways, I’ll start by telling you the thing you most want to know:
p28: ========================================== “I did not murder your sister.
“The veracity of this letter will be confirmed by my Cross Ability, “Judgment Fake, or the Novelist Who Cannot Write Lies.
“My ability can determine if the text is truth or deceit.” So, this is all true…
“Thus… the next question on your mind “is, ‘Whose body did I enter?’ [lower right]: Hiroki [middle]: Mikuni [lower left]: Sachi
“Unfortunately, I do not know the answer.” ‼
p29: ========================================== “In all likelihood, the owner of the body I entered was a patient. “I could barely move my body from where it lay, perhaps because of severe debilitation.
“The location was also pitch-black; I couldn’t tell where I was. [sfx]: *Drip*… x2 “But I could faintly—and only faintly—hear what might have been the sound of water.
“From my right hand, which I could barely move into my line-of-sight, I deduced my body to likely be an adult male’s.
“That is what I know about the Cross Act. “To be blunt, this information alone is likely insufficient to find the next person.”
“However… There’s another way to obtain potent information.
“In actuality, those behind this series of body switches host a party every night, during which they all gather under one roof. “Its name…
p30: ========================================== “…is the Midnight Cross Method”?
Hey, Kirishima. You’ve got a visitor. !
…They’re back already? It hasn’t even been three hours. [sfx]: Screech…
I’m impressed… That was fast. [sfx]: Open…
p31: ========================================== I’m sorry! / He got away‼
What…? Then… I’m stuck here for the rest of my life?!
However… I’m pretty sure I know what it is he “forgot”! What in the world is it?!
When that bastard left, he whispered something. Just a little longer, Ai.
p32: ========================================== And Ai’s the name of his little sister, the only survivor… [inset]: The beast has been released from prison?! In other words, he’s out there to finish off the sister who survived‼ [box]: To be continued in the December issue (out 10/27)! https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/40323[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 4 by Dowolf2014-08-29T15:47:09+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMayonaka no X Giten 4
<TL/N: The original title of this chapter is “Silence Regret,” but it’s written with kanji meaning “Silent Confession.” Since “Silent Confession” actually makes sense in context, I decided to use that. >
p1: ================================== [upper right]: Written by Yamaguchi Mikoto / Art by BAREISHO [lower right]: An idol dripping with beauty! [lower left]: Midnight Cross Method / #04: Silent Confession
p2: ================================== The person who used my body… is someone who murdered three family members for fun…?
…Yes. Once I switched bodies, when I opened my eyes, I saw…
the inside of a prison.
So of course I rushed over to a mirror. Reflected in the glass was a face I had seen before.
p3: ================================== Everyone was talking about the guy a little while ago. You know, the serial killer who was still a minor? / Of course, the news didn’t publish his name or face, but pictures of him and his identity were all over the ‘Net.
His name’s Kirishima Sachi.
p4: ================================== Kirishima Sachi, age 18. His was a family of five: two parents, an elder brother, and a little sister. His grades were always at the top of the class; some even called him a prodigy. / He and his family got along well. They were even famous in their neighborhood for how close they all were.
But one day, Kirishima murdered everyone in his family, save for his sister.
He repeatedly stabbed his family with a kitchen knife kept in his house. / The sister was pretty badly wounded, apparently, but somehow she managed to survive. Now, what do you think Kirishima told the police when they arrested him?
p5: ================================== He said, “I was curious to see how people would react when the person they trusted the most suddenly attacked them.”
So, well… Given what happened, don’t you think that’s really similar to what happened at your place? !!
p6: ================================== So in other words… [sfx]: Clench…
You’re saying that serial killer, Kirishima Sachi, entered my body… and killed my sister.
Doing so… because she trusted me, her brother, and had gotten to close to me…
[inset]: Mmnya?
He had me suddenly attack her… ?!
p7: ================================== just so he could see the look on her face? That’s why he killed her?!! What the heck…? It was for that stupid a reason?! / If I just hadn’t done something so dumb, my sister would still be…!!
However… That’s why, with my own two hands, I have to— H… Hey! Where’re you going?!
To get revenge, obviously!
[sfx]: Smack!
What are you, stupid?! / Get revenge? How?! The guy’s in prison right now! W… Well…
p8: ================================== And besides, you don’t know anything about switching souls… Nothing about Cross Acts, / nor about the Cross Abilities you can use after switching, right? “Cross Act”? Cross… Ability”? Huh?
So let’s bundle all that stuff together and leave it to me. Huh? Don’t “huh” me.
B—Basically…! I’m saying I’m going to help you with your sister!
Huh…? Err…
p9: ================================== I don’t have any money.
[sfx]: Smack!
There’s nothing I hate more in the world than a debt. I knew that was coming…
And I figure I owe you. And owing someone is kinda like being in their debt, right?
So, you’re paying me back? …Well… Pretty much, yeah.
To be honest, there’s a ton of stuff I wouldn’t be able to understand on my own, so I’m glad you’re helping… But right now, I’m a murderer… If anyone finds out what we’re doing, wouldn’t that put your position as an idol in jeopardy? You dummy. What are you saying?
p10: ================================== That happens, I’ll play the tragic heroine / and tell them all the mean serial killer threatened me.
Haha… I get it. Then I guess you’d actually get more fans, not fewer.
But aren’t you super busy? ‘Course I am! / So you better come to me the second I call! Seriously…?
Uh, well… I’m sorry about yesterday. ? I mean… umm, I… said some pretty mean and hurtful things to you, so…
So… I thought I’d make it up to you, or something, and… [ticket, horizontal text]: Flowers and Snow [ticket, vertical text]: High School Student 1,000 Yen
Sorry, An’no-san. I’m in a bit of a rush, so…
Huh…? Maybe next time!
……
*Crumple*
p12: ================================== Sorry! Were you waiting long? [sfx]: *Running*
Argh! You’re so slow! How long do you think I’ve been standing here? [inset, on right[: Huff [inset, on left]: Hmph
Three minutes and thirty seconds, you idiot. I… I’m sorry…
As punishment, you’re going to treat me to a cake set at that there café. Uh… Okay…
p13: ================================== So then, onto the topic at hand.
H… Hey, can we really talk about that stuff here? It’s fine.
This is a place where idols can come looking like themselves without worrying about everything they say being leaked. / The barkeep, called the Iron Mouth, is famous for his tight lips. …Isn’t he just hard-of-hearing? [sfx]: Scrape
Anyways, let’s start with Cross Acts.
I don’t know who started it in the first or how it works, / but one day, I suddenly got a text inviting me to “exchange my soul and body.” [bg]: Would you like to exchange your soul and body? The same thing happened to me…
p14: ================================== How many people do you think would shell out lots of money if they knew an idol as big as me were participating in the ritual? [bg, inset]: Oh. Whooa~ …That makes sense…
I kinda get how it would make you money… / but it’s random. What if you got unlucky and someone dangerous used your body?! I mean, you were so upset over thinking you lost your v… [faint]virginity…[/faint], right?
Actually, it’s not random.
Really think for a second about what you saw. Didn’t each of the doors look different? !
p15: ================================== Each person’s body is linked with a certain-shaped door.
In other words, as long as I know the right door, I can choose / whose body I enter.
That’s why I’ve always made sure to enter the Cross Act together with a friend that I trust and rush to exchange bodies with her / before anyone else can get in.
But… She was a little slow that day, so there were already eight participants and she couldn’t join… / …And then, well, this happened... Yeah. So that’s what you do…
Okay, there’s a way to choose what body you get…
p16: ================================== Now you understand the Cross Act, right? Y… Yeah, I do.
So next, I was planning on explain Cross Abilities… / but since she’s about to get here…
Later, let’s try it out for real. Then I’ll explain. We’re switching bodies.
[sfx]: Ringaling! Thank you for waiting for me, Mikuni-sempai!
“Sempai”…? Oh, she must be one of her juniors in BKR. I feel like I’ve seen her before…
Uh… Um, Sempai, who is this gentleman? Uh, err….
p17: ================================== He’s Kamiya Hiroki-kun. I guess he’s… a friend? Hey. [sfx]: Nod
And… She’s… <small: Err… >
I know you! You’re Makina Kaede-chan! You joined BKR during its third season, and you’re Miku-Miku’s junior, right? I’m a fan!! [sfx]: Squeeze
Thank you very much. [sfx]: Smile… Wow… Idols really are cute…
Wait… Shoot. I have to try doing what Mikuriya-san suggested… “My Cross Ability is Silent Confession. You activate it continuously staring into a person’s eyes for 30 seconds…”
Makina-san? Can I borrow you for a second? …”San”? “Keep looking, and…”
p18: ================================== Who’s this boy?! [upper left]: I thought I’d finally gotten to be alone with my Sempai! Argh, this sucks… Couldn’t you just up and die? YEAH! DIE!! Sempai’s a total angel <3 I want to *BEEP* her *BEEP with my *BEEP* so much <3 Oh… Maybe it’d be nice if Sempai *BEEP*ed me? <3 [note for above two lines: the “beeps” are in their own little bubbles]
[inset]: { Wah -- She’s a total pervert }
Huh? / You wouldn’t happen to…
have switched bodies with Sempai, have you? [sfx, on right]: Dripping with sweat [sfx, in middle]: Stare! [sfx, on left]: Pfft …I am.
p19: ================================== [in English] Get out. I’m sorry… [sfx]: Slash
So, let’s introduce ourselves once more.
This here is Makina Kaede, my junior… You know, the one I mentioned before, who I always swap bodies with. [sfx]: Hmph!
…Well, you see how she is. So I can absolutely trust her not to harm my body in a… / certain sense of the word. I’m the only one who can go inside Sempai! [sfx]: :P
p20: ================================== Anyways, you understand Cross Abilities now? Basically, / by entering another’s body, you can use their body’s latent, special abilities, right…?
Exactly. [diagram]: { [white areas]: Soul (Seal) [black areas]: Ability [below the first image]: The seal fits perfectly [below the second]: The seal doesn’t match [next to the arrows]: It leaks out [bottommost]: Ability is usable People naturally have a special ability; however, the soul normally acts as a seal, so you can’t use it. / However, by switching souls—switching seals—some of the ability leaks out, allowing you to use it… That’s basically how it works.
So my body has a Cross Ability, too? Of course it does.
You have one, she has one, / everyone has their own, different ability. [above Kaede]: Heh-hem Well… Her ability is pretty awful, so I won’t explain it… ……
However, a Cross Ability always has some condition to activate it. As I told you earlier, mine, Silent Confession, requires you to look someone in the eye for 30 seconds. / Then you can begin to read their mind.
p21: ================================== When I entered your body, I wasn’t able to figure out what the activating condition was… That / means your Cross Ability is currently unknown.
One thing I’ve heard is that, apparently, / a Cross Ability’s power is supposed to be able to get something the body’s owner really wants.
If we can figure out what you really want, maybe we can determine your Cross Ability. What do I really want…?
…Could it be? Could that Cross Ability have been used… to help kill my sister…? [sfx]: Clench!
p22: ================================== Ahem.
So then, Sempai, what’s the real reason you called me here? Oh, that’s…
Your father has connections with the police or detectives or something, right? Uh, yes, he does.
Can you use that power… / to let us visit a certain individual who’s currently in prison? You don’t mean…
p23: ================================== A few days later
I must ask that you speak of this to absolutely no one.
Diet member Makina recommended you as his friends, / so I’ve made an exception and allowed you to see him. Yes, sir.
Also, before you do, there’s one think I need to warn you about.
Don’t talk to him… to Kirishima Sachi for too long.
p24: ================================== After the incident, a counselor, an investigator, an attorney, and two guards, all of whom had long conversations with him… / have been put on administrative leave. !! With that said, please, wait inside. Thank you very much..
…The guy seems freaking dangerous, / but Kamiya, you know what we have to do, right? …Yeah.
p25: ================================== I have to look Kirishima Sachi in the eye for 30 seconds and read his mind. Exactly… Then we can confirm whether or not Kirishima’s the one who killed your sister.
[sfx]: Creak
[sfx]: Step x3 He’s here…
…You’re…
Kirishima… Sachi…
p26: ================================== Good day.
p27: ================================== So, are you the “friends” who wanted to see me?
If I can stare at his eyes for 30 seconds, I’ll know the answer immediately!
If someone as pretty as you stares at me like that, I’ll blush.
…Or, perhaps, can you see something different? He… He knows?!
Heh heh… You two have swapped bodies, haven’t you? ?!
p29: ================================== Could you stop using such roundabout ways to investigate me? That you’ve swapped bodies makes you my companions, in a manner of speaking.
Is there some sort of trouble? / You can tell me about it. I’ll do whatever I can to help.
It… certainly does seem impossible to read his mind…
I see… Your sister was killed… How unfortunate.
OK. I’ll tell you everything I know. You know something?!
p30: ================================== However! That’s only if you fulfill a request of my own… OK?
I want to leave this place—just for one day. There’s something I left behind on the outside.
Hey, / one of you lend me your body. If you do, then I’ll do whatever you say. [insert]: Where does this reckless negotiation lead?! https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/40311[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 3 by Dowolf2014-08-25T14:02:14+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMayonaka no X Giten 3
p1: ===================================== [upper right]: Will you vow to truly love me and me alone? [upper left]: #03: What She Held Dear [lower right]: Written by Yamaguchi Mikoto / Art by BAREISHO
p2: ===================================== I’ll avenge my sister. The culprit must be one of the seven people besides myself who participated in the Ritual.
Which means you’re a suspect, too.
p3: ===================================== Did you / kill my sister? [sfx]: Crouch
Of… Of course not! Why would I? It wouldn’t make me even one yen.
If you want to prove that, then tell me who it was you entered.
…That’s…
p4: ===================================== I don’t want to say. [sfx]: Turn away Wha…?
Why not?! If you don’t tell me, you can’t prove your innocence! …It’s just, you see, the person whose body I entered…
Must be the culprit who killed your sister.
p5: ===================================== What… did you say?
Then you have to tell me!! Not for free.
You want something? Yes! / Your use of my body has fucked me up pretty bad.
So I won’t tell you who the culprit is… until you clear up the shit you caused.
p6: ===================================== This is… fan mail? / What about it? Would I be showing you this if it were just a regular piece of fan mail?
The problem is that this was delivered straight here, to my room. / There’s lots of fans who know what neighborhood I live in, but for him to find out my exact address means… He’s a pretty tenacious stalker.
A stalker? [bg]: { You need to be punished. <3 EEEEEEEEKKKKKK } [inset]: Did he follow me afterwards? [bubble, far left]: Oh!
p7: ===================================== Hey. You just realized something, didn’t you? ..Uh…err… So something did happen. You bastard…
OK, I… I see…
So a man approached you, saying he was my boyfriend…
And then…?
You… You really didn’t do it? Do… Do what? Have sex, obviously! Can’t you take a hint?!!
p9: ===================================== This… definitely looks like you’re doing it. [inset]: Whoa… It’s fake! Photoshopped!!
If you’re sure you didn’t do it, then these have to be ‘shopped. / Composite images… But the real problem here is… [sfx]: Strip! …! Why are you taking off your clothes?!!
You get all up in arms thinking you lost your virginity, but you’re fine being naked?!! [inset]: ? Huh? I’m a professional. / An idol’s job is to be gazed upon. All’s good, so long as I don’t show them the most important bits. That’s way too extreme!!
More importantly, look at this mole here… / They made sure to include it in the composite image. [sfx]: Squish Although, I do wear some risqué outfits, so they might’ve been able to find that out.
However… ! [sfx]: Slip
p10: ===================================== Then there’s this scar… I’ve been hiding it.. No one knows about it. [sfx]: Slide…
However, they included it in this photo. [sfx]: Pow! He must’ve seen it when I threw out that high kick…
The stalker said that, if I don’t let him make me his, / he’s going to give these images to the media and spread them all over the ‘Net.
That / is why I plan to make him disappear. !
…”Disappear”… Are you saying you’re—
p11: ===================================== If you’re going to use that body to off one person, then what’s the big deal about adding one more?
You don’t have to kill anyone! Just go to the police, and that’ll solve everything, right?!
I can’t. It’d be a scandal. / Doesn’t matter if it’s false. If rumors spread, before you know it people’ll start adding embellishments, and it’ll damage my stock, which I’ve been working so hard to build up!
Your “stock”? You mean, your stock as a top idol?
Is that that important to you? / What’s it get you that makes it worth killing someone?
p13: ===================================== Money.
Top idols make money. / Like hell I’m going to let go of this gold mine so easily.
For… For money?
That’s bullshit!! [sfx]: Pound! Who’d murder someone for that?!!
I told you not to get in my way! Do you want the information or not?!
That’s enough… I can’t watch this anymore… [sfx]: *Quivering* What? …Are you actually sympathizing with him?
p25: ===================================== No! / …It’s not that.
But I’m watching myself kill someone right in front of me, / and I look so… so… [sfx]: Huff / Huff
Did I like that, when the culprit killed my sister?
Did my face look that cruel, that heartless…?!
So how could I sit here and watch?!!
p26: ===================================== Hey, tell me why! Why are you so desperate for money?!!
You’ve got all those banknotes in that drawer of yours—are you that low on cash?! ………..
Don’t look away—look at me!! [sfx]: Yank!
p27: ===================================== ….I.
…What… is this sensation? [lower right]…you? [upper left]: …….And …….is…
This… [insert, far left]: is just like back then… [bg flashback]: { [going in columns here] Miku… Miku-Miku. *Pant* Pant* Mikuriya Mikuni’s my waifu. Miku-Miku’s all mine. [starting second column]: So you can’t just do whatever you want. You have to do exactly what I want. And if you can’t, then you need to be punished. <3 [insert]: Is this… }
p28: ===================================== [upper right quadrant] Mother… Mother, it hurts… Just be patient, Mikuni. The doctor will come soon and make it all better!
[upper left quadrant] Doctor, is Mikuni that sick? She is… / However, it’s not incurable. If she stays strong and keeps taking her medicine…
….The medicine costs… this much?
[lower right quadrant] Mother… Mother… It hurts. Just be patient, Mikuni. Now, take your medicine.
Mother… Motherrrr… Just be patient… Right now… I’m going to give you your medicine… Your 30,000 yen medicine…
[lower left quadrant] Mother… Where are you…? Mother…?
p29: ===================================== [in rows on this page, roughly] Hey, Mikuni-chan. You poor thing, abandoned by your mother.
Sniff…..*Hick*… / Mother… [sfx]: Bam! Eeek!!
No crying now, Mikuni-chan. / You’re such a burdensome child. [sfx]: Menacingly
Do you understand? [sfx]: Drip… You’ve cost us all oh so much. / The longer you live, the more everyone else has to suffer.
That’s why your mother abandoned you. [sfx]: Grin
From now on, until the day you’ve paid back the money you owe, you only get to cry or laugh when I tell you to.
I just called what you said “bullshit” without even thinking, without having any idea what money means to you.
Because of it… You’ve suffered so much, / lost so much…
But… I know you might not be happy to hear this, but… [sfx]: Firmly…
p32: ===================================== It… It wasn’t your fault she abandoned you! So please… Please, stop blaming yourself!
Wha…
I… / I don’t—I mean…!! [sfx]: Jump!
[sfx]: Bawling Huh…?
p33: ===================================== [sfx]: *Sigh*… H… Hey, why’re you crying so much? / What are you, a crybaby? Stop being such a girl.
SHUT UP! / Y—You haven’t been able to cry for ten years, so I’m crying all the tears you couldn’t!! [sfx]: Wipe x2
Ha ha… The hell? / That’s super lame, you idiot.
p34: ===================================== I… was sort’ve abandoned by my parents.
Then I was sent to a home, and… Well, some pretty bad things happened after that… ……
And then… I mean… well… Ha ha… I don’t really know how to say it.
p35: ===================================== But I guess I don’t have to explain. / You saw the whole thing anyways.
So let me tell you just whose body I entered… …Are you sure?
Yeah… It’s fine. / I mean, that stalker’s saying from the bottom of his heart he won’t do anything else. I… I ‘on’t do anyt’ing. Yeah, that’s for sure.
So tell me. Tell me whose body you entered. / And…
Tell me why you’re so confident that person’s the one who killed my sister!
p36: ===================================== After the Ritual started, / once I opened my eyes, I saw—
the inside of a prison. And I was inside the body… / of a person who had brutally murdered three people for sport… [insert]: Next time, a hasty meeting with our new suspect!! https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/40309[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 2 by Dowolf2014-08-25T03:56:01+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMayonaka no X Giten 2
p1: ===================================== Oh, Father? Sorry to call you so late. Yeah… / I’ve got a bit of problem.
Yeah… / That’s right. It suddenly broke.
Yeah… Yeah. I want it as soon as possible, though. That’s right. The model I want is kind of expensive, so I thought I’d talk to you first. Thanks. Then I’ll go buy...
p2: ===================================== A new, large refrigerator.
p3: ===================================== When are you coming home next, Father? / Next month…? A full month from now. No, I’m fine. Focus on your work.
See ya… [sfx]: Beep
[sfx]: Flip
Nee-san, what…
p4: ===================================== What should I do? [sfx]: Thump [sfx]: Slide… Midnight Cross Method [inset]: How will he escape this predicament?! Written by Yamaguchi Mikoto Art by BAREISHO. #02: The First Suspect
p5: ===================================== My sister’s been murdered… [sfx]: Slump I know I should call the cops immediately.
But… I can’t. [sfx]: Squeeze After all, I already know the culprit.
The murderer was me.
Well, it’d be more accurate to say it was whoever was using my body, but there’s no way the police would believe that.
p6: ===================================== To top that off, I’ve badmouthed my sister on my blog. Given that… If I were the cop, I’d even suspect me.
…It’s morning?
…I have school today…
Why now… But… If I don’t show up and someone comes to check on me, then…
I guess even now I can still put up a fake smile… No… It’s more than that.
My sister was murdered, but I… I haven’t even shed a single tear.
………Am I really mourning my sister’s death? She did manipulate the heck out of me, and could be such a nuisance… [bubble]: Kamiya-kun. …Maybe I…
p8: ===================================== Maybe I’m actually happy she died…?
Kamiya-kun! / Hey, Kamiya-kun!
Oh… Class Rep… An’no-san. What’s the matter? An’no Shion Class Representative (16)
That’s my line! / Are you all right?
p9: ===================================== You look awfully pale. Huh? I do?
[sfx]: Lift !!
[sfx]: Stare
Don’t think you can just say whatever and fool me! We always seem to wind up together, so I’ve known you for a long time.
Haha… I see. Well, I just didn’t get enough sleep. You know… It’s not really my place to talk about your family, but…
Is it because of your sister? Huh…?
p10: ===================================== …….What do you mean? I mean, you know… Your sister’s holed herself up in her room for a long time now, right? [sfx]: Whisper [inset]: She’s a NEET, and all. Oh, that… Yeah, I guess…
It must be rough, having someone like that in your family.
No matter what the circumstances, sometimes the right thing to do isn’t to tiptoe around the issue. Instead, you just have to tell it to her straight! / No holding back on her just because you’re her little brother!
For instance, tell her, “Because of you I have to put up with so much!” or…
“You’re a burden on our family!” How about that?
Or maybe… “Life would be so much easier if you were gone”!
p11: ===================================== There’s no way I’d really feel that way!! [sfx]: Clatter!
Wh… What? [sfx]: Chatter
Yeah, my sister’s worthless. / She’s lazy and indecent. And yet, she’s always so full of herself…
I’ve thought over and over again how much easier it would be if she were gone… But that’s not it… That’s not it at all…
p12: ===================================== I’ve never once truly wanted her to go away!
…I… I’m sorry. [sfx]: Rustle I… I didn’t mean to hurt you…
So… / umm… Don’t cry?
I’m crying…?
p13: ===================================== Oh, no, I’m sorry. I must’ve made you worry about me.
Thank you. / For… helping me. [sfx]: Sniff
D—Don’t worry about it! / I mean, I… I’m the class representative, right?! <small> Haha… </small> What’s that supposed to mean?
I’m normal. I get sad and cry when a family member is killed… / I really did care for my sister… So I’m going to follow my sadness—along with the other emotion that’s welled up within me—
p14: ===================================== And find the person who killed my sister.
…However, how do I find them? How do I find the person who used my body to kill my sister?
Hey! I’ve got something good to show you guys!
p15: ===================================== Tada! [JP text on tickets]: Handshake Event Ticket
Takagi, there are tickets to Miku-Miku’s handshake event!
Then we’ll start at 3,000 yen. <3 You’re making us pay for them?! You gotta be kidding! [sfx]: Boooo
Hey, hey, who wouldn’t? How many CD’s do you think I bought to get my hands on these? [inset]: Her tickets were given out at random!
[sfx]: Shouting 3,500 yen! 3,600! 4,000 yen!
Hey, remember, these are for Mikuriya Mikuni. Do you wanna be that stingy?! Mikuriya… Mikuni…?
Now, now, the current bid is 5,125 yen! Anyone else? / If no, then Daisuke’s bid will win! [inset]: So stupid.
I’ll give you 100,000 yen! Sell them to me, please!
I’ve found it! I’ve found a thread leading to the culprit!
p17: ===================================== Hey… Are you really fine with giving it to me for free?
Like, I’ll pay. I told you, it’s fine! More importantly, I’m glad.
For a guy who doesn’t like girls, you’ve sure got it bad for her. It was kinda moving.
So? Well? Why Miku-Miku? [sfx]: Nudge Nudge Something must’ve triggered it, right? You can tell me~.
Well… / She is my one-and-only hope, so… …..
That’s— [sfx]: Jump back!
p18: ===================================== That’s heavy, man!! / You better not actually say that. You’ll disgust her. Huh…? Oh, sorry.
But what’s with that, then? Why the giant bouquet?
Huh~? You think there’s nothing more to handshaking event than shaking an idol’s hand? …There’s more?
HANDSHAKING EVENTS ARE WHERE YOU SHOW OFF WHO YOU ARE!! [inset]: Thank you, Takagi-kun. You have to leave a strong impression so that, at the end, she calls you by name!! Oh… I see…
So? Didn’t you bring something? Oh… Well, I did write a letter.
You… You didn’t actually right “You’re my last hope” or anything like that in there, right? / That’ll get caught during inspection. Inspection?! Someone else besides Mikuriya-san’s going to read it?
Of course! How would they know what’s in it? Her staff’s going to check every single one. ….Dammit…
p19: ===================================== [sign]: This is not the end of the line. [sfx]: Crowd noises Could those with tickets for Mikuriya Mikuni’s handshaking event please enter this lane?
Each person will be given fifteen seconds. [sfx on the right]: Crowd noises [sfx on the left]: Heart pounding
Just fifteen seconds… Somehow, I have to give her the letter during those fifteen seconds… Next person, please. O…Okay.
p20: ===================================== Hello~! I’m Mikuriya Mikuni. Thank you so much for coming here today!
Uh… Hello, nice to meet you… [sfx]: Squeeze We haven’t met before, right?
No! …I don’t have time to act all embarrassed. I have to act quick. I just tell her who I am and give her the letter.
p21: ===================================== Have you ever wanted to become someone you’re not?
Whaaaat? Mikuni’s super duper happy right now, so I’ve never had that thought. [sfx]: Smile! …Huh? She didn’t get the message…?
Umm… Here. Wow! A letter? Thank you so much~!
p22: ===================================== I’ll be sure to read it later. [sfx]: Pass
Hey, wait!! [sfx]: Grab!
[sfx]: Noisy!
What’s written on here is really important! I need you to read it directly!!
I will be absolutely sure to read your letter, Kamiya Hiroki-kun.
p28: ===================================== Dear Mikuriya Mikuni, I am the person who used your body during that Ritual.
I’m sorry to ask this so suddenly, but could the two of us meet somewhere, alone? And I am not asking.
I am willing to resort to blackmail. / Should you refuse, I shall make public information that would be disadvantageous for you, as an idol. [sfx]: Crunch
If you don’t want that to happen, come alone tonight to the location written here. Thank you for coming,
p33: ===================================== You bastard! You’ll pay for what you did!! B… “Bastard”? Me? You’ll pay for stealing the most important thing I have!!!
You… You think I stole… the most important thing you have? Yes, you did!! I’ve been treasuring that forever and ever…!!
Hey, wait… Did you lose something, too? / But what… What did I steal?! MY PURITY!!
And you were planning on using that information to drag me here and do something more, right?! / You fucking pervert!! I’m asking you, what was it I stole?! [sfx]: *Struggling*
p34: ===================================== My… My virginity!!!
Your— Your virginity?!
That’s right!! No matter what happened, I’ve always struggled to keep at least that safe, but then!! Then you used my body to…!!!
p35: ===================================== …I [sfx]: Blush… I never…
DID THAT!! [sfx]: Slam!
Have you calmed down a little?
Somewhat.
But still, I never thought a “top idol” would turn out to be someone like you. That’s just an act, obviously. Takagi’d cry if he found out… [handwritten]: It’s a lie!!
More importantly, tell me your story. You lost something too, right? Well, I’m sure it was nothing compared to what I lost. …Me?
p36: ===================================== My family was murdered.
What? That wasn’t very funny…
…….
Y… You were joking, right?
I have proof…
p37: ===================================== However… Once you see it, you can’t go back. You’ll be accompanying me to the end of the road.
…..
Fine. / Show me what you’ve got.
What… is that…?!
p38: ===================================== My big sister.
p39: ===================================== During the Ritual, whoever it was inside my body killed my sister.
That person is one of the other seven people besides myself who participated in the Ritual. I have to find that person, no matter what.
That’s why I had to first meet with you, the person I swapped into. / Then I can meet with whoever you swapped into, and then with whoever that person swapped into… If I keep doing that, I’ll eventually run into the culprit.
…Once you find the culprit, what’ll you do? The cops’ll never believe me if I say all our souls exchanged bodies. / They’ll just arrest me in the end. / / Which means…
p40: ===================================== I’m going to take revenge.
But let me say this—you’re still a suspect.
https://mangahelpers.com/t/dowolf/releases/40305[English] [Translation] Mayonaka no X Giten 1 by Dowolf2014-08-24T14:39:36+00:00Dowolfadmin@mangahelpers.comMayonaka no X Giten 1
p1: ===================================== Hey, hey, who’s your favorite member of BKR? Well, it’s gotta be their unshakable frontwoman, Mikuriya Mikuni! Miku-Miku for life!! Yeah. She’s so cute, and always smiling, and with that personality, she’s the cream of the crop.
Hey, Kamiya, what about you? Me? / I don’t really care about that sort of thing.
I hate girls. Kamiya Hiroki (17)
Huh? You’re saying you don’t want to go out with a girl, or kiss one, or anything?! Not in the slightest. / If I had to say, I…
p2-3: ===================================== I wish I were a girl.
Mayonaka no X Giten (Midnight Cross Method) [lower left]: Written by Yamaguchi Mikoto / Art by BAREISHO [yellow box]: #01: The Eighth Guestroom [white text, vertical]: Who will knock / on the door of fate?
p4: ===================================== …Wait, Kamiya, you swing that way? Seriously? Now that you mention it, he is in the karate club. It’s all men there. [sfx]: Slide I… I’m heading home. I have stuff to do. No he’s not. / You know how his big sister’s living at his house? Apparently, because of her he had to quit the club.
Yes. My sister is…
Nee-san, I bought everything. I got the kalbi lunch from Seven-Eleven, the chicken from Family Mart, and the Swiss rolls from Lawson… Yay…
[text bubble]: Good job… [box]: A NEET. [sfx]: Ratatattat [lower-left box]: Kamiya Yui (24)
p5: ===================================== You know, Dad might be out on a business trip, but that doesn’t mean you should go around the house looking like that. Could you try to act like a girl— There you go again. “Act like a girl”—what is this, the 50’s? Stop being so chauvinistic.
More importantly, I’m starving. Feed me~. [sfx]: Aaaaaaaa Huh?! Eat it yourself!
Whoa, you’re narrow-minded for a boy. / And to think you used to always cling to me, saying “Onee-chan, Onee-chan”~ [sfx]: Aa~ Sh… Shut up! That was a long time ago!
A long time ago~? Wasn’t the last time you bathed with me in eighth grade? And you even touched my bre— Wah! OK... OK, I’ll do it!
[sfx, little]: Munch munch [sfx, big]: Boom / Bang
p6: ===================================== [sfx]: *Tap* Month O / Day X. Hiro’s NEET Sister Observation Diary
My sister was as worthless as ever today.
My mother in heaven must be crying that her daughter, who looks so much like her, wound up like this.
Looking at her, I keep thinking,
I wish I were a girl. [sfx]: Yawn I mean, girls obviously have it way easier. Even someone as hopeless as her has me, a guy, to watch over her!
p7: ===================================== [sfx]: Tap
[inset]: Hmm… I know I’m pissed… / but maybe I went a little too far…
Let me just delete this… Shit! There’s already a response.
Hiro-sama, every day I enjoy reading your blog. I can sympathize with having a worthless big sister, and I’m also a little jealous. …..Jealous? Of me?
Furthermore, I have some information that I believe you will be happy to hear. [sfx]: Slide…
You can become a girl.
p8: ===================================== If you happen to be interested, please visit the URL below by 11 p.m. tonight.
[sfx]: Heh…
How absurd… [sfx]: Creak Like I’m dumb enough to fall for such an obvious scam.
S—Stay here until I fall asleep… No, until morning. [sfx]: Step… Why?! I have school tomorrow! Th… Then… / Let’s sleep together?
p12: ===================================== Huh? Wh… What are you saying? You always used to silp into my bed!
Besides, men have it easier than women. Now do what I say!
……. Huh?
Like I said! / Men have it easier than women, so you should do whatever a girl says!
…….You’re kidding me… Girls obviously have it way easier…
p13: ===================================== You, a boy, could never understand how hard it is to be a girl.
Then you don’t understand a man’s problems, you girl.
H... How would I know?! But men definitely have it easier! / Heck, if I could, I’d love to be a boy!!
[sfx]: Pissed…
Now you’ve said it!! [sfx]: Heavy steps
[sfx]: Slam!
p14: ===================================== FUCK!!
Who’d want to be a boy?! “You can become a girl,” it said. / It’s not like I believe those words.
If I click this link, something bad’ll probably happen. / Some scam, or a virus… But I couldn’t care less about that.
I just needed an outlet for my anger. It was basically out of spite. So, what’s going to come up?
We’ve been waiting for you, Hiro-sama. / With you, there are now exactly eight people.
p15: ===================================== Eight is the minimum number of people necessary in order to perform this ritual. Now, eight have entered. Each of you has become dissatisfied with your current circumstances / and wished you could become someone else.
We will grant that wish / by exchanging your souls and bodies. What? How…?
The method is simple. First, print out the image you see on your screen.
At midnight, simply press it against your forehead and close your eyes.
p16: ===================================== That will suffice to take away your soul from your body and insert it into the body of another participant. Those who wish to men, pick white; those who wish to be women, pick red.
White? Red…? What are they talking about? Now that you have read this text…
we ask that you ensure you participate. Were the number of participants to unexpectedly become insufficient, the souls of those who do participate will be fated to eternally wander this realm.
We’re sure you’re nervous, but please, relax. / This time, we have arranged such that you will be forcefully returned to your own bodies after two hours. [sfx]: Sigh …So in other words, I’ll only get two hours to experience being a girl…
p17: ===================================== …No. What am I, an idiot? [sfx]: Plop This is obviously fake.
p24: ===================================== [sfx]: Thump… What am I doing?
Hm? My tummy is strangely hungry… [sfx]: Growl…
There’s… [sfx]: Empty… Nothing in the fridge…
Maybe I’ll go out to eat somewhere! I do want to try heading outside.
How about this? Oh! This is kind of fun! Yeah, being a girl might really be better. [sfx]: Spin
p25: ===================================== …But even so.
She sure lives in an amazing apartment building… It looked like she lives on her own; does she pay the rent herself?
She had so much clothing, and it all looked expensive…
Could any guy as young as her earn this much money? Yeah, maybe life really is better as a girl…
p26: ===================================== The world’s filled with things made for women! Movies, foods, train cars… [bg text, on left]: The Secret Desk Heck, a guy can’t even use a print club machine if a girl’s not with him.
Whoa there. Come to think of it, did I bring any money?
[sfx]: Stuffed
…Whaaaa~~~~… I wanna be this girl forever…
Time for a little extravagance! This is my vengeance against women! [sfx]: Heh heh heh…
p27: ===================================== Here you go! [sign]: Ramen
Aaaaaa—mmp <3
SFX: Munch / munch / Om / nom / Yum / Yum / Crunch / Crunch
Or so I thought, [inset]: It’s so good! / Munch, munch but this is enough luxury for me. Besides, it’s not my money to spend.
Hey, hey, isn’t that Miku-Miku? Yeah. I thought the same thing. Sh… Shit. [sfx, top]: Hah. [sfx, lower]: Slurp
Thanks for the food. Uh, umm, I’ll leave the money here.
I said, hey! This is bad… I should’ve worn at least a disguise…
Hey! I’m talking to you here! Bam!
It’s not safe for a pretty thing like you to be walking alone at this hour. Let us walk you home! Yeah, yeah. We’re super nice, so tell us where you live~ <3
Aw, this sucks. I’m sorry, Mikuriya-san. I’ll… try to get you your body back as unscathed as possible…
p29: ===================================== Um, excuse me. [sfx]: Pat, pat
Do you have any business with my companion? [sfx]: Smile Huh? Who are you, old man?
This guy’s strong… My arm’s about to break… Ah. [sfx]: Sob
We’re sorry we got in your way!! No, no, it’s fine. Just be careful now.
Um, I don’t know who you are, sir, but thank you very much! / You saved me. [sfx]: Bow.
You don’t know who I am? That’s a mean thing to say… [sfx]: Crunch
p31: ===================================== to your boyfriend. Huh?!
My boyfriend…? You’re kidding… Aren’t idols forbidden from falling in love?
…He’s certainly a lot older than me… but I guess we might suit each other?
Now, let’s go. [sfx]: Walking
Go? Where? To your home, of course. It’s so late; let me walk you there. It’s this way, right?
p32: ===================================== …He’s right… He knows where this girl lives. …Which means he really is her boyfriend.
Wow, I’ve just found out a top idol’s big secret… [sfx]: Heart pounding
Hey, girl, why’d you head out at this hour?
Oh… I’m sorry. But during the night, I got super hungry.
You did? Then, how much did you eat? Well, I had two servings of gyouza, fried rice, and a large order of ramen… Maybe I had a little too much.
Now that won’t do. You have to tell me these things. O—OK. Why would I have to tell you?
p33: ===================================== You’ll have to have nothing but water for two days. Huh…? You went over your limit by over two thousand calories.
How many times have I told you? You’re a special girl.
That’s why you have to maintain your beauty. You mean, as an idol?
You look the most beautiful / when you weigh 42.105 kilos. [sfx]: Bluntly But right now, you’re over 43 kilos. That makes you a pig. [inset]: Wh… [inset]: What?
p34: ===================================== And your hairstyle’s all wrong. Didn’t I tell you? You look best with high pigtails.
So why do you have your hair loose?! Oww!!
Oh, I’m sorry. Did that hurt? …But you made me do it. / You’re didn’t do what I said. [sfx]: Slide… What’s with this guy? He seems less like a boyfriend and more like…
…Can I hear something…? ….. Isn’t that his voice? ……….Miku. It can’t be—his mouth’s not moving…
p35: ===================================== [going in columns here] Miku… Miku-Miku. *Pant* Pant* Mikuriya Mikuni’s my waifu. Miku-Miku’s all mine. [starting second column]: So you can’t just do whatever you want. You have to do exactly what I want. And if you can’t, then you need to be punished. <3 [inset]: Is this… his inner voice?!